North Providence Mayor Charles Lombardi has been a member of the Resource Recovery Board of Commissioners for more than a decade. North Providence paid only $628 in 2018 for contaminated loads. But that number tripled in 2019 and this year the town is on pace to pay $7,540.“We’ve had a couple of contaminated loads,” Lombardi said. “Do I like it? Absolutely not. Do I know why and do I understand why it’s happening? Absolutely.”

North Providence Mayor Charles Lombardi has been a member of the Resource Recovery Board of Commissioners for more than a decade. North Providence paid only $628 in 2018 for contaminated loads. But that number tripled in 2019 and this year the town is on pace to pay $7,540.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve had a couple of contaminated loads,&rdquo; Lombardi said. &ldquo;Do I like it? Absolutely not. Do I know why and do I understand why it&rsquo;s happening? Absolutely.&rdquo;

A collection of interviews,  press conferences and news actualities from the Newsroom of the Providence Journal, Providence, Rhode Island.

News interviews and actualities from  The Providence Journal

From the Newsroom: The Providence Journal

A collection of interviews,  press conferences and news actualities from the Newsroom of the Providence Journal.

“It’s all about public awareness,” Lombardi added. “Get cooperation from our residents,  not only in North Providence, but all over the state, to recycle and to increase the diversion of recyclables out of the landfill,” says  North Providence Mayor Charles Lombardi.

Activists want rent control in Providence this year. Will City Council move to pass it? The Providence Journal's Amy Russo reports on a recent rally in front of City Hall.

Activists want rent control in Providence this year. Will City Council move to pass it? The Providence Journal's Amy Russo reports on a recent rally in front of City Hall.

The Push for Rent Control in Providence

Drivers killed three pedestrians on North Main Street over the past year. Now, members of a new city task force are trying to figure out why the thoroughfare is so hazardous, and what can be done to make it safer. Journal staff writer Amy Russo reports.

Drivers killed three pedestrians on North Main Street over the past year. Now, members of a new city task force are trying to figure out why the thoroughfare is so hazardous, and what can be done to make it safer. Journal staff writer Amy Russo reports.

What's Causing Pedestrian Deaths on North Main Street?

His father, a farmer, lost 200 acres to the reservoir project in the 1960s, and when Breene wanted to buy his own dairy farm later, he ended up having to buy land outside the management area. “I’d rather be down on Big River.” 

“I always felt bad, because some people had some beautiful places and figured they had to get right out because the reservoir was supposed to be built in the early '70s. Some of the people who were older could have just stayed there, the way it all turned out, and finished out their lives where they were happy.” 

His father, a farmer, lost 200 acres to the reservoir project in the 1960s, and when Breene wanted to buy his own dairy farm later, he ended up having to buy land outside the management area. “I’d rather be down on Big River.” 
“I always felt bad, because some people had some beautiful places and figured they had to get right out because the reservoir was supposed to be built in the early '70s. Some of the people who were older could have just stayed there, the way it all turned out, and finished out their lives where they were happy.”

“It’s all about public awareness,” Lombardi added. “Get cooperation from our residents, not only in North Providence, but all over the state, to recycle and to increase the diversion of recyclables out of the landfill,” says North Providence Mayor Charles Lombardi.

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