Who can say no to a nun? Attleboro can
ATTLEBORO — What’s it going to take? Divine intervention?
It seemed a simple request when three nuns asked the city to install a crosswalk so they could walk safely to their shrine.
But city government moves in mysterious ways. Last month, the Attleboro Municipal Council rejected their plea.
Now, shrine officials are proposing a new idea: a digital sign on church property proclaiming “Nuns Crossing.”
The illuminated warning, visible to drivers, could be activated remotely by one nun’s smartphone, said Brother Ron Taylor, maintenance director of the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette. (The other two nuns have flip phones, he said.)
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