NORTH PROVIDENCE – Owners of Centredale Cigar at 2003 Smith St. are clarifying that they have no issue with Mayor Charles Lombardi’s plan to demolish half of the former school administration building nearby and leave the other half up.

Ronnie Papa and Billy Murphy rebuffed fellow Centredale developer Shane Piche’s previous comment in a Breeze story stating that all businesses in the area, including the cigar shop, wanted only for the building to be fully torn down to create needed parking for businesses.

“As the owners of Centredale Cigar, we want to make it clear that we fully support Mayor Lombardi and the council,” they said in a statement. “Since acquiring our business, we have found their decisions to always be fair to local businesses, and we support whatever decision is made for

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