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Entries from August 2009

SIBL 10-and-Under Travel Team

August 31st, 2009 · No Comments

The SIBL roster included Valentino Aiello, Marcus Pegurri, D.J. Machado, Damien Mendoza, Lucas Souza, Ryan Lewis, Josh Tobin, Drew DeCoste, Zachary Strong, Jacob Raposo, Will Rose, Noah Julius, manager Doug Machado and coaches Chris Aiello and Scott Pegurri. SWANSEA – The 10-and-Under travel team of the Swansea Independent Baseball League placed first in two of [...]

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Valuable Two-Part Seminar At The Weaver Library

August 31st, 2009 · No Comments

Valuable two-part Seminar at the Weaver Library How to Hire Any Contractor – Sept. 14th How to Avoid a Renovation Horror – Sept. 21st Everyone has a remodeling horror story – the contractor who never showed up, the one who never finished, the missed deadlines, the cost overruns.   Sam Brusco of Brusco Design & Renovation [...]

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Friends of Attleboro Animal Shelter

August 31st, 2009 · No Comments

The Friends of Attleboro Animal Shelter are seeking crafters, artisens and retail vendors for the 6th annual Harvest Fest.  The event is being held on Saturday September 19, from 10am – 3pm.   It will feature an Apple Pie contest,music, children’s activities, refreshments and more.  Spaces are 10′x10′ and are $30 each.  Multiple tables are welcome. [...]

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Citizens Bank’s Gear for Grades Program

August 31st, 2009 · No Comments

Citizens Bank’s Gear for Grades program donates 175 backpacks filled with school supplies to the Boys and Girls Club in Providence, RI Left to Right: Boys and Girls Club Student Leader Anna-Maria Hammond; Boys and Girls Club Member Anita Hammond; Director of Recycling for Rhode Island Education Kathleen Samways; Boys and Girls Club Members Khalil [...]

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Grace Episcopal Church: Working For Work

August 31st, 2009 · No Comments

North Attleboro, MA – Grace Episcopal Church, 104 North Washington Street – Wednesday, September 9, 2009 from 10am to Noon. Working for Work is a peer support group for the area unemployed.  It will begin to meet weekly on Wednesday, September 9th from 10am to Noon in the first floor Common Room of Grace Church. [...]

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BROWN, POIRIER ANNOUNCE STIMULUS DOLLARS FOR NORTH ATTLEBORO HOUSING AUTHORITY

August 31st, 2009 · No Comments

BOSTON, MA – State Senator Scott Brown and State Representative Elizabeth Poirier have announced that the North Attleboro Housing Authority has been awarded funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).  The funds, allocated through the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), come as part of the $25 million of Weatherization Assistance Program [...]

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Yankee Spirits Launches New Charitable Giving Campaign To Donate $15,000 to Animal Shelters in Need

August 30th, 2009 · No Comments

Employee-selected focus working to make larger impact on communities and some of their most vulnerable residents: abandoned animals STURBRIDGE, Ma. August 28, 2009 – Yankee Spirits Inc., one of New England’s largest liquor retailers with locations in Sturbridge, South Attleboro, and Swansea, has just launched a newly focused, employee-directed charitable giving campaign. Yankee Spirits has [...]

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A BREATH OF FRESH AIR

August 30th, 2009 · No Comments

A BREATH OF FRESH AIR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND’S TEEN TEAM   Back row, left to right, Lynn Foster, Volunteer Coordinator; Lindsey Allenson, Mallory Moniz, Mikayla Valentine, Daniela Alves, Diana Giraldo, Emily Genereux, Jennifer Levin, Angela Gravel, all teen volunteers; and Elaine Gendron, Manager, Central Transportation Department. Kneeling, left to right, Matthew Hawryluk, Jamie [...]

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The Community Players Will Present The Kitchen Witches

August 30th, 2009 · No Comments

l-r:  Evie Rayburg, Adam Florio and Carol Varden star in The Community Players’ production of “The Kitchen Witches”, a comedy about two feuding TV cooking show hosts thrown together on one low-budget cable television show.  The Community Players will present The Kitchen Witches, Caroline Smith’s comedy about two two rival cable television cooks thrown together [...]

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Riverside Library: Normal Aging and Memory

August 30th, 2009 · No Comments

NORMAL AGING AND MEMORY The Riverside Branch Library will be presenting Normal Aging and Memory on Thursday, September 10th at 6:00pm. John A. Stoukides, MD, will tell you how to identify memory loss associated with normal aging versus memory loss due to Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.  You will also find out what [...]

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