As Mayor Joseph Polisena watched from his official car, town animal control officer Richard Starnino pulled alongside the turkey. Through the window, Starnino aimed a special contraption borrowed from the Rhode Island SPCA that fires a humane net to safely snare prey.

The turkey stared back defiantly, literally feet away.

As Mayor Joseph Polisena watched from his official car, town animal control officer Richard Starnino pulled alongside the turkey. Through the window, Starnino aimed a special contraption borrowed from the Rhode Island SPCA that fires a humane net to safely snare prey.
The turkey stared back defiantly, literally feet away.

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.

Mayor Joseph Polisena talks turkey

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.”

Mayor Joseph Polisena talks turkey

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