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'We'll turn our fortunes around'
A new chapter begins:
Baldelli-Hunt, Chafee aim for
city solvency 'in short order'
By SANDY SEOANE
By SANDY SEOANE
Valley Breeze Staff Writer
Valley Breeze Staff Writer
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WOONSOCKET – The city's
non-profit groups will be taxed
on their real estate for the first
time beginning with the July
2014 billing cycle, thanks to the
findings of an audit ordered last
year by the City Council.
The first 13, which will owe
a combined $382,040, were
notified by letter on Nov. 25
and more groups may soon be
added to the list, say city officials.
New taxpayers include organizations such as Seven Hills
Rhode Island, which will be
billed more than $100,000 in
2014 under the plan. Others
who will be sent new tax bills
this year include YWCA Rhode
Island, on the hook for around
$30,000; Le Club Par X, which
must pay around $8,700 and St.
Joseph's Veterans Association,
which will be charged more
than $17,000.
Family Resources Community
Action, a social service organization that provides family support, housing and employment
opportunities for low income
WOONSOCKET –
Woonsocket's new mayor is
not alone in her mission to
restore fiscal stability in a city
that's flirted with bankruptcy
for the past two years, at least
if the army of state officials
who surround and support her
is any indication.
Vowing to "turn the
city around" and bring
Woonsocket back to solvency,
Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt was
sworn in Tuesday night among
a crowd of government officials and elated fans at the
See TAX, Page 10
'Get a budget, get an
audit, and we're out
of here.'
Governor Chafee
About disbanding the Budget
Commission
Stadium Theatre Performing
Arts Center.
"By all of us working together, I know we will soon turn
our fortunes around," the new
mayor said. "All of us want to
see a better day."
The inaugural event served
as both an official proceeding and a celebration as the
See NEW, Page 6
Five named for city's first
appointed school board
Valley Breeze photo by David Wuerth
Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt waves to supporters after delivering her
inaugural address Tuesday night at the Stadium Theatre.
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WOONSOCKET – New
Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt has
named the city's first appointed School Committee on
Tuesday and all are newcomers to the job.
Also Tuesday, Al Brien
was elected president of the
City Council, replacing John
Ward, who didn't survive the
November election.
News about the school
board and council head, along
with Baldelli-Hunt's listing of
administrative staff, completes
the news about the city's leadSee SCHOOL, Page 6
