Gimme’ Shelter – Birdie – at the Providence Animal Control Center

Freezing temperatures combined with high prices for essential everyday items including food and utilities is generating a heightened sense of need from local households in crisis and seeking heating assistance from the Rhode Island Good Neighbor Energy Fund (GNEF). To help “Warm Thy Neighbor,” the Fund’s administrator, United Way of Rhode Island, is appealing for continued donations by the general public as well as the corporate community. The campaign’s 2022-’23 goal is to raise $400,000 to assist 1,000 families in need of heating assistance.

Mayor Donald R. Grebien and contest organizer Patricia S. Zacks are calling for suggestions on a theme for the 2024 City Calendar. A team of professional photographers will review the submitted entries looking for creativity and a topic that has not been used in previous years: Celebrate! Pawtucket, 2023; Uniquely Pawtucket, 2022; Hiding in Plain Sight, 2021; Pawtucket Works, 2020; Pawtucket: A Closer Look, 2019; The Flavor of Pawtucket, 2018; Pawtucket’s Color Palette, 2017; Pawtucket: A Different Perspective, 2016; A Piece of Pawtucket, 2015; All in a Day’s Work, 2014; The Four Seasons of Pawtucket, 2013; Reflections of Pawtucket, 2012; Faces of Pawtucket, 2011; Doorways & Gateways in Pawtucket, 2010; Paws (or Pause) in Pawtucket, 2009; Historic Places in Pawtucket, 2008; Pawtucket People, Places or Things, 2007; Discovering Pawtucket, 2006; Taking Pride in Our Neighborhoods, 2005; Pawtucket Mills: Our Past and Our Future, 2004; Pawtucket: A City in Focus, 2001, 2002, 2003.

Ray Rickman, of Stages of Freedom, will discuss “How to Talk about Race in 2023” on Monday, February 6th at 6:30pm at the Weaver Library, 41 Grove avenue in East Providence. It is free and open to the public. Ray Rickman has conducted 300 diversity and race relations...