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Time to decide on local COVID-relief projects

STALLED: ­Woonsocket spent $150,000 in COVID-relief aid on a 20-bed emergency shelter for the homeless last year. But the bus is now stalled until money for operating costs is identified. Pictured from the left are City Council Vice President Valerie Gonzalez and Michelle Taylor, a representative of the nonprofit Community Care Alliance. 
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PAUL J. SPETRINI
STALLED: ­Woonsocket spent $150,000 in COVID-relief aid on a 20-bed emergency shelter for the homeless last year. But the bus is now stalled until money for operating costs is identified. Pictured from the left are City Council Vice President Valerie Gonzalez and Michelle Taylor, a representative of the nonprofit Community Care Alliance. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/
PAUL J. SPETRINI

When local communities were awarded more than $500 million from the federal government three years ago, it was as close to found money as it gets for often cash-starved municipalities. The COVID-19 relief aid came with relatively few strings attached and many communities quickly began compiling wish lists. But as this week’s cover story reports,

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