Providence cookout celebrates community's progress

01:00 AM EDT on Wednesday, July 9, 2008 By Amanda Milkovits Journal Staff Writer Providence Patrolman Jose Pineda serves up hot dogs and hamburgers at a community barbecue yesterday on Lockwood Street. Viola Buchanan was one of the many residents who took advantage of the free food. The Providence Journal / Ruben W. Perez PROVIDENCE Sterling Washington has buried two sons who were murdered in South Providence. But what he and other residents of Lockwood have been seeing lately has given them hope for the future of all children in their neighborhood. These days, children, not drug dealers, are in the playground. Neighbors, not drug addicts, walk the streets and catch up with each other over the fences. In less than two years, the police have created a community where there had only been fear and violence, Washington said. He... [read full story]