Members of Unite Here, the union representing hotel workers, pass out leaflets at the formal groundbreaking at the construction of the LA Fitness center on North Main Street Wednesday. The were protesting the way the Procaccianti Group, the center's builders and the owner of area hotels, treats its workers.
If you have seen the posters around Summit, you know a unicorn has been missing. Fortunately, however, it was seen Monday being assisted into the Rochambeau Library on Hope Street.
Unicorns in Residence: Providence is a public art adventure built around visual art by Camomile Hixon and curated by Helene Miller. The work is hosted by the Partnership for Providence Parks and the Department of Parks and Recreation.
The sparkling promise of a missing unicorn, and the subsequent discovery of a herd of unicorns stampeding and galloping through Providence, will joyfully reveal this city’s creative and independent spirit.
The broad appeal of the unicorns will attract the public to visit the parks, cultural institutions and public venues where these gentle mythical creatures bestow their magic.
Rochambeau Library will have a unicorn party from 4 to 5:30 p.m., Thursday, May 7, with crafts, stories and more.
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Workers from C.E. Gleeson Constructors, Inc. erect the walls of the LA Fitness Center along the Ann Mary Street side of the North Main Street construction site. Michael Cullity, project superintendent, said all the outer shell might be completed by the last week in April.
A resident backs out of a neighborhood driveway as repaving goes on. The crew supervisor said the work will be finished in six weeks.
A crew works Sixth Street near Hope
The power saw cuts through the pavement before backhoes dig a trench.
A company employee displays the identification badge all legitimate utility workers must have. She said residents should not admit anyone who does not have such a badge.
A sure sign that winter is over is the appearance of work crews in Summit tearing up the streets to improve services.
Already sharing the neighborhood with the first robins are employees of AGI construction who are cutting the road surface in preparation for National Grid to replace gas lines and install outdoor meters. The backhoes are scheduled for next week to dig the trenches outlined by the street saws.
The companies have hung yellow tags on the doors of houses on the streets where the work is to be done, notifying residents to expect the crews. In addition, in response to fraudulent attempts to gain access to homes by people posing as workers, the utilities have issued identification badges to their personnel with the name and picture of the worker and the name of the company. A representative of AGI said no resident should allow anyone into his or her home who doesn’t have such an ID.
If in doubt, residents can call National Grid or even the police. The construction supervisor stressed that no one should let anybody in without the proper identification.
Can you imagine the size of the Easter Bunny that hid this in plain sight just off Hope Street? Unfortunately, it was just a discarded table top.
The annual meeting is tonight (Monday, March 3) at 7 p.m. at The Highlands on the East Side, 101 Highland Ave. It is NOT at the old location in the Summit Commons.
There will be wine, beer, coffee and gourmet snacks to accompany your one-on-one meetings with elected representatives and candidates for mayor. Also, a new slate of directors will be voted on.
Please join SNA at its annual meeting for an evening of relaxed socializing with elected representatives, political candidates and neighbors over wine, beer and snacks.
The event will begin at 7 p.m. Monday, March 3, in the first-floor reception and dining rooms of The Highlands on the East Side, 101 Highland Ave. There is ample parking in the facility’s lots.
The elected officials who have already confirmed their intention to attend are State Rep. Gordon Fox and State Sen. Gayle Goldin. Mayoral candidates who have confirmed include City Council President Michael Solomon, Lorne Adrain, Daniel Harrop and Brett Smiley.
At some point during the meeting, there will be a vote on a slate of SNA officers and new members of the board of directors. There will be information sheets about these people available.
Jerry’s Citgo, a stalwart in Summit for decades, sits boarded up the day after a fire Friday, Jan. 31, severely damaged the building at 1101 Hope St., at the intersection with Blackstone Boulevard. According to the Providence Journal, the blaze started when a light fell while a fuel pump was being repaired. The newspaper quoted Alain Edouard, identified as the 14-year manager of the station, as saying employees tried to fight the fire but it got out of control quickly. No one was injured. Retired owner Peter Bennett told the Summit Neighborhood Association newsletter in 2012 that he took over the family business in 1947. He has for years assisted in the distribution of the newsletter.
The parking lot of Seven Stars bakery on Hope Street was the site of the final carols.
More than 50 people turned out Sunday night to sing Christmas carols to their neighbors in Summit.
Starting at Miriam Hospital, which provided hot drinks and cookies, about 5 p.m., the merry group, organized by SNA for the first time this year, sang a few non-denominational carols in the cafeteria, then headed up Sixth Street, laughing, and caroling, all the way.
Various residents came out onto their porches in the unseasonably warm night to join in the choral celebration and to call out thanks to the people in the street. The group, westward leading, still proceeding, wished the neighborhood a holly, jolly Christmas along Bayard and Summit, Fifth and Fourth, until a cold rain began to fall about 6:30 p.m.
A final stop was made in the parking lot of Seven Stars bakery and the grand finale of the evening was the Jewish seasonal Dreidel Song. With joyous wishes of “Merry Christmas!” to each other, the carolers dispersed to Hope Street restaurants and shops or home to dinner, vowing to meet again next year.