Woonsocket Radio News Room

AUGUST 31, 2023, 7:15 P.M.

 

JOINT MEETING NORTH SMITHFIELD TOWN COUNCIL/MUNICIPAL BUILDING REVIEW TASK FORCE

83 GREENE STREET, NORTH SMITHFIELD, RI 02896

 

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 meetings will resume as scheduled.

Documents related to the meeting will be posted on the Town Council’s page of the Town’s website on Thursday, August 31, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., see link here:

https://clerkshq.com/NorthSmithfield-ri

 

FOR BOARDS/COMMISSIONS VACANCIES: https://onboard.nsmithfieldri.org/

FOR ONLINE APPLICATIONS: https://www.nsmithfieldri.org/home/webforms/town-north-smithfield-application-boardcommission

 

  1. I. OPEN MEETING – PRAYER – PLEDGE
  2. II. ROLL CALL
  1. III. NEW BUSINESS

A. Discussion, Vote, or Other Action on Halliwell Asbestos Abatement Change Order – Mr.Pendergast 

B. Discussion, Vote, or Other Action Regarding Presentation from PFM Financial

Advisors, LLC Referencing the $18 million Bond for the November 7, 2023 Ballot

Question

C. Discussion, Vote, or Other Action Regarding Future Public Hearing Dates for the

November 7, 2023 Ballot Question

D. Discussion, Vote, or Other Action on Pushing Forward 2023 Ballot Question for the Police Station – Ms. Alves 

  1. IV. 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 August 29, 2023

 

The holiday travel weather is frightful for millions of Americans. A pre-Christmas storm is packing wind and rain that will quickly turn to snow for the Northeast. So far over 36-hundred flights have been delayed and just over 400 have been canceled according to Flight Aware. Boston Logan and New York LaGuardia are two of the hardest hit airports.        President Trump is set to announce new deals that will lower drug prices later today. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the president "will be announcing more incredible deals that will lower prices of drugs and pharmaceuticals." Drug costs have been a focal point for Trump since he returned to office.        The Trump administration faces a deadline today to release the Epstein files. U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Department will release "several hundred thousand" of documents today. The Epstein Files Transparency Act was passed by Congress last month to make public the records of the late sex criminal who allegedly trafficked underage girls.        The President is leaving a possible war with Venezuela on the table. Trump made the comment in a phone interview with NBC News on Thursday. Earlier in the week, the President ordered a blockade of sanctioned oil tankers coming and going from the South American country. Meanwhile, the U.S. strikes against suspected narco-boats leaving Venezuela continue.        A study says nicotine alternatives to smoking cigarettes doesn't come without harmful side-effects. New findings published in the European Heart Journal show nicotine is toxic in all forms to the heart -- weather it be nicotine pouches or vaping. The study says there's increased blood pressure, damage to blood vessels and a higher risk of heart disease regardless of whether its pouches, vapes, cigarettes or tobacco.        "Avatar: Fire and Ash" is already burning up the box office. The third installment in the James Cameron franchise raked in 12-million dollars in Thursday previews and is expected to make another 90-and-105-million dollars this weekend in the U.S. and 250-to-275-million internationally. The "Avatar" series is on track to become the first ever to have three installments earn more than two-billion dollars each.       

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