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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 the [...]

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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 has created [...]

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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.
Registration [...]

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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 Screen [...]

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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.
There will [...]

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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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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 a long [...]

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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 Aissis, Lusu Jallah, [...]

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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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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 treatment is
available now and [...]

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