LuzJennifer Martinez

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@TheValleyBreeze Deputy Editor and @motifmagazine Music Writer who loves to salsa dance and drinks far too much tea. Comfort zones are not an option.

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Rivera on Trump executive order: 'We won this fight before'

1 week ago | valleybreeze.com | LuzJennifer Martinez

CENTRAL FALLS – Mayor Maria Rivera is affirming the city's resolve to protect the rights of all its residents, regardless of their immigration status, after President Trump's executive order to list and hold accountable "sanctuary cities" for obstructing immigration enforcement.
DeMartino's idea scores him Transform RI golden ticket

1 week ago | valleybreeze.com | LuzJennifer Martinez

CUMBERLAND – The day that he received a golden ticket as a finalist for a Transform RI scholarship, Cumberland High School senior Rocco DeMartino said he walked into his English class thinking it was going to be just another regular day.
Friends Costello and Ramos top Saint Ray's Class of 2025

1 week ago | valleybreeze.com | LuzJennifer Martinez

PAWTUCKET – Asked how it feels to be the top two at Saint Raphael Academy this year, valedictorian Jules Costello and salutatorian Alexandre Ramos said they were so excited. Ramos added that he and Costello are friends who have taken a couple of classes together, including advanced AP calculus and AP literature and composition this year. Both have also connected through the theater arts program at Saint Ray’s, Ramos said.
Central Falls housing costs continue to climb

1 week ago | valleybreeze.com | LuzJennifer Martinez

CENTRAL FALLS – Though Central Falls was ranked by HousingWorks RI as the second most affordable place to own a home in Rhode Island last year, behind only Woonsocket, home prices continue to climb. So far this year, the median cost of a single-family home in Central Falls is $427,500, which Tax Assessor Daniel Ducharme said is “a phenomenal increase” from the median cost of $160,950 in 2019.
Transform RI finalist Gassama aims to support healthy smiles

1 week ago | valleybreeze.com | LuzJennifer Martinez

PAWTUCKET – Blackstone Valley Prep junior and Pawtucket resident Safiyatu Gassama’s idea for the Papitto Opportunity Connection’s Transform RI scholarship contest was selected as a top 10 finalist this month. Gassama told The Breeze that her idea consists of creating a mobile app called SmileRI to connect low-income families in Rhode Island with free dental care via partnered local dentists.
FBI visits North Providence

2 weeks ago | valleybreeze.com | LuzJennifer Martinez

NORTH PROVIDENCE – Local officials are saying they don't know why FBI agents visited the Fruit Hill Fire Station last week asking questions about previous concrete work done there. Mayor Charles Lombardi hasn't responded to requests for comment. He told WPRI, which first reported on the visit, that he's not concerned about it, and didn't know why they were asking questions. He told the outlet that he didn't believe the questions were directly about him.
Residents enjoying new Diamond Hill Park pickleball courts

2 weeks ago | valleybreeze.com | LuzJennifer Martinez

CUMBERLAND – Cumberland resident JT Dedonato and his friends Alex Destefano, Armando Pires, Jack Mcloughlin, and Adam Thibodeau, just returned to town from college, had the new pickleball courts at Diamond Hill Park all to themselves on Monday afternoon, which they said they weren’t complaining about. They said the new pickleball courts are usually packed with people, but that these were empty when they arrived, which they chalked up to how many people in the town may not know about them yet.
Toomey anticipates big strides as BVTC's new director

2 weeks ago | valleybreeze.com | LuzJennifer Martinez

PAWTUCKET/CENTRAL FALLS – When James Toomey, the new executive director of the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, first met retiring director Robert Billington, he said it was at Bristol Community College, where he was enrolled in the Sustainable Tourism Program. “Bob was the professor, so that was how I originally connected with him,” Toomey told The Breeze.
Buck outlines next redesign steps for Slater in advance of centennial

2 weeks ago | valleybreeze.com | LuzJennifer Martinez

PAWTUCKET – Acting Supt. Randy Buck confirmed to the School Committee on May 13 that Slater Middle School’s redesign application was submitted to the Rhode Island Department of Education by a May 8 deadline. A seven-page detailed response to RIDE’s feedback will be due by June 6, according to Buck.
Buck outlines next redesign steps for Slater in advance of sentennial

2 weeks ago | valleybreeze.com | LuzJennifer Martinez

PAWTUCKET – Acting Supt. Randy Buck confirmed to the School Committee on May 13 that Slater Middle School’s redesign application was submitted to the Rhode Island Department of Education by a May 8 deadline. A seven-page detailed response to RIDE’s feedback will be due by June 6, according to Buck.