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Eat, Play, Learn PVD returns to Providence this summer
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WEAKENED CONNECTIONS: RIPTA’s service cuts disrupting sectors of R.I. workforce
For years, East Providence resident Barry Dejasu’s commute to Warwick followed the same routine: Leave the house at around 7:30 a.m., walk to the R.I. Public Transit Authority bus stop at the end of his street, then transfer at Kennedy Plaza in Providence to a second bus that would drop him off about a 15-minute walk from his office.
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