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Mayor Baldelli-Hunt Reveals Plans for

New City Art Sculpture Guaranteed

to Bring a SMILE to Entire Community

 

WOONSOCKET, R.I.: Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt disclosed today that the City of Woonsocket has collaborated with Riverzedge Arts to create an art sculpture that she guarantees will bring a smile to the community. The Mayor teased that though the sculpture’s location and theme will remain a secret for now, it will resonate positive, happy, emotions when it is unveiled in a public ceremony by the end of summer. The sculpture is funded with a $10,000 Community Grant that the Mayor and Riverzedge obtained from the Rhode Island Foundation.

Mayor Baldelli-Hunt stated, "This sculpture will encourage everyone to focus on the moment and reflect on the positive aspects of their lives. It will convey the perfect post-pandemic message." The Mayor added, "We are pleased to have partnered with Brad Fesmire and Riverzedge Arts to bring this really cool, fun, piece of art into our City which will delight all who pass by and stimulate enthusiasm and acts of kindness towards others."

Brad Fesmire, the Artistic Director of Riverzedge Arts, offered, "Riverzedge is so excited to be collaborating with Mayor Baldelli-Hunt and the City of Woonsocket on another art and placemaking project! We love when we can work with the City to create art and design projects that better everyone’s experiences with places and spaces around Woonsocket." Fesmire concluded, "The City is a great canvas of people, places and resources, and through art and design we can help the community achieve its fullest potential."

 

 

President Trump will leave tonight for a multi-day trip to Asia. The trip includes a high-stakes sit-down with Chinese President Xi Jinping [[ she jeen-peeng ]] in South Korea. China and the U.S. have been involved in a trade standoff since Trump took office for the second time        The U.S.'s largest aircraft carrier is headed to the Caribbean as strikes on drug boats continue. The Pentagon said Secretary of War Pete Hegseth ordered the USS Gerald R. Ford to the Caribbean to help "dismantle Transnational Criminal Organizations and counter narco-terrorism in defense of the homeland." This comes as the U.S. carried out an overnight strike on an alleged Tren de Agua drug boat that killed all six people on board.        Polling monitors will be sent to California and New Jersey by the Justice Department ahead of elections in those states. Attorney General Pam Bondi said, "Transparency at the polls translates into faith in the electoral process." California will vote on Proposition 50, a measure that aims to redraw the state's congressional map. Meanwhile, New Jersey will elect a new governor.        Meteorologists are explaining why the U.S. mainland haven't been hit by hurricanes so far this season. Experts say it's because the high pressure system behind the steering mechanism for the storms is weak this season. It also has to do with the storms forming further east of the U.S.        The American Heart Association is updating its CPR guidelines. Experts say the update to the life-saving technique reflects a troubling reality in the U.S.: the growing opioid epidemic. The new guidelines offer ways of recognizing opioid overdose and how to administer the drug naloxone to reverse its effects.        This weekend's box office is expected to be topped by the anime film "Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc." It made three-point-four-million-dollars from Thursday previews last night and is expected to bring in between eleven and 15-million-dollars in its debut. Elsewhere, "Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere" made 850-thousand-dollars and is targeting eight to 12-million this weekend.       

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