Sofia Barr

1 week ago | valleybreeze.com | Sofia Barr

NORTH PROVIDENCE – North Providence High School has named Isha Baheti the valedictorian and Sasha Perreault the salutatorian of the Class of 2025. Baheti, 17, says she has had a busy four years.

1 week ago | valleybreeze.com | Sofia Barr

LINCOLN – On May 23, Lincoln Police arrested Wilfredo Urbina Delgado and Brenda Gonzalez of Providence for leaving their children alone in a car at the Bally's Casino parking lot. At approximately 5 p.m. on Friday night, Lincoln Police received a report of two children unattended in a vehicle in the Bally's Casino North parking lot. Upon arriving at the scene, officers determined that Delgado, 41, was the vehicle operator.

2 weeks ago | valleybreeze.com | Sofia Barr

LINCOLN – Lincoln residents are showing improved recycling habits, according to a 2024 study from Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation. Last winter, The Breeze reported that Lincoln was behind its neighbors in recycling; in 2023, Lincoln had 18 truck loads of recyclables, or collections from around 600 Lincoln households equaling 99 tons of recyclables, rejected and dumped into the landfill.

2 weeks ago | valleybreeze.com | Sofia Barr

LINCOLN – Over the next three years, Lincoln residents will see their water bills increase by 64.5 percent, or a 21.5 percent price hike per year, according to officials. Up until 2023, Lincoln went eight years without changing their water prices, while Providence Water, the town’s water supplier, consistently raised and continues to raise theirs.

2 weeks ago | valleybreeze.com | Sofia Barr

CUMBERLAND – The Cumberland Fire Department performed a sort of Mother’s Day miracle, rescuing baby ducklings and reuniting them with their mother duck. At around 3:45 p.m. on May 12, resident Dawn Finchum Thompson was pulling into Friars Green Condominiums, 154 Bear Hill Road, when she saw her neighbor in the street waving. “My neighbor flagged me down so I wouldn’t hit the mother duck,” said Thompson.