Woonsocket Radio News Room

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

7:00 P.M.

 

JOINT MEETING NORTH SMITHFIELD TOWN COUNCIL/HALLIWELL REVIEW COMMITTEE/MULTI-GENERATIONAL COMMITTEE     

83 GREENE STREET, NORTH SMITHFIELD, RI 02896    

                                                          

PARTICIPATION FOR THIS MEETING WILL BE IN-PERSON ONLY.

The meeting will also be livestream. Please join the meeting (viewing only) from your computer, tablet, or smartphone by clicking on this link:

 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgw5KxL950ZgZ_DKz8B-MQ

              or go to the North Smithfield YouTube page - North Smithfield Town Meetings     

**If technical difficulties occur during livestream the above specified meeting will resume as scheduled.

Documents related to the meeting are available at the following link:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-ALSOdjMxGMwyvSsAyrLXiBlCu7pQj6p

                                                                                                                                                                                  

  1. OPEN MEETING – PRAYER – PLEDGE
     
  2. ROLL CALL

 

  1. OPEN FORUM (PURSUANT TO 42-46-6 (d) Maximum 15 Minutes)

     

  2. NEW BUSINESS
  1. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Introduction and Update from BH+A
  2. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Grant Funding at Pacheco V. Halliwell
  3. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Council Direction for HRC and MAC
  4. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Relocating Playground Equipment from Halliwell to Another Location in Town – Mr. Osier

 

  1. ADJOURN

 

Individuals requesting special assistance should contact the Town Clerk’s Office at 767-2200, ext. 326 seventy-two (72) hours in advance of the meeting date.

 

Agenda posted September 5, 2023

 

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has gifted her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to President Trump. The two met at the White House on Thursday, and afterward, Machado told reporters she presented the medal to Trump in appreciation for deposing Venezuela's former leader Nicolas Maduro. Trump later took to social media to thank her, calling the move "a wonderful gesture of mutual respect."        Protesters spent much of Thursday facing off against law enforcement at a federal building in the Minneapolis area. Protests have continued in the city since the deadly shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent last week, and were spurred on by another ICE-involved shooting Wednesday night.        Verizon customers will receive a 20-dollar credit after Wednesday's nearly day-long outage. In a statement posted on social media Thursday, Verizon said it did not meet the standard of excellence customers expect.        The mother of one of Elon Musk's children is suing his xAI artificial intelligence company over its AI tool Grok for allegedly creating deepfake sexually explicit photos of her. Ashley St. Clair's suit is the latest complaint against the company after weeks of outrage over Grok being used to create nonconsensual explicit photos of numerous people, including children.        Mortgage rates are at their lowest level since 2022. According to Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey, the benchmark rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage dropped this week by a tenth of a percent to six-point-oh-six percent. The agency's chief economist said weekly purchase applications and refinancing activity has jumped.        A rare disease spread by rats has been detected at a homeless camp in Northern California. Health officials in Berkeley say leptospirosis has been found in numerous rats and dogs at homeless encampments in the west part of the city. Without treatment, it could lead to kidney damage and liver failure but as a city health alert notes, it is not spread through the air.       

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