Big Blue Bug, R.I. pest removal icon, will take on a glow
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The Big Blue Bug will be more like the Big Blue Firefly this evening. But the seasonal significance will be very much about the winter holidays, not the hot summer nights. The 16th annual holiday lighting of that only-in-Rhode Island symbol of pest control is slated for 5 p.m. Some 5,200 energy-saving LED holiday lights, donated by Benny's, will adorn the visible-from-the-highway bug known as Nibbles. Teny Gross, executive director of the Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence, and a group of neighborhood children will do the ceremonial lighting honors, according to a news release. Providence Fire Chief George Farrell, Gross and the Providence Streetworkers will visit 25 Providence homes to deliver gifts and "fire safety common sense." At each stop, they will donate: The lighting ceremony is slated to happen atop the New England Pest Control building roof, 161 O'Connell St., Providence. -- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney 
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A firefly? I grew up in RI. My brother-in-law used to work for New England Pest Control and the big blue bug was NEVER referred to as a firefly. Or are they just changing the type of bug to be PC?
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CONFUSED REALLY IS CONFUSED THEY DIDNT SAY IT IS A FIRE FLY THEY SAID IT WILL LOOK LIKE A FIRE FLY B/C IT WILL BE LIT UP WITH HOLIDAY LIGHTS
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The bug as holiday ornament? Are those for sale somewhere?
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MY FAMILY AND I ATTENDED THE LIGHTING OF NIBBLES LAST NIGHT. IT WAS GREAT! THE STREET WORKERS INVITED US TO ATTEND. I LOST MY BROTHER NATHAN LAST DECEMBER DUE TO GUN VIOLENCE IN PROVIDENCE. OUR FAMILY ENJOYS THE HOLIDAYS AND DECORATING, BUT THIS YEAR IT WILL DIFFERENT. ATTENDING THE EVENT LAST NIGHT HELPED US TO REMEMBER HIM AND OTHERS THAT LOST THEIR LIVES TO GUN VIOLENCE TO KEEP STRONG AND REACH OUT TO OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH THE LOST OF THEIR LOVE ONES. I MISS HIM DEARLY!!! THANK YOU TO THE PROVIDENCE FIRE CHIEF AND STAFF, TENY AND THE STREET WORKERS FOR HELPING US COPE WITH THE LOSS OF MY BROTHER AND TO HELP BRING BACK OUR SPIRIT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND NOT JUST DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON!!!
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trudy - the Nibbles ornament and ornaments of other RI icons are available at mylittletown.com
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