LINCOLN, R.I. — Makayla Fontaine cherishes her time along the Blackstone River Bikeway far too much to retreat in the face of worrisome news reports about a string of recent assaults.So the 22-year-old Cumberland woman did something else Wednesday afternoon: she packed a small knife in the basket of her bicycle."I’m going to buy some pepper spray, too, for the next time I come," Fontaine said as she sat on a bench and worked with her phone near the [...]
Bike-path Users More Alert But Undeterred + Poll
Kate BramsonMark Reynolds, The Providence Journal
Thu, 06/01/2017 - 5:20am
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Topics: Rhode Island Providence County Providence
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