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 Marcia Carr-Carvalho, RN, Internal Medicine and Francis Dietz, President and CEO.(Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island) Pawtucket, RI –  Lincoln resident, Marcia Carr-Carvalho, registered nurse at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, was honored recently by The Hospital Association of Rhode Island (HARI) at the 20th Annual Celebration of Excellence in Hospital Care awards ceremony held at [...]

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BOSTON, MA – State Senator Scott Brown in encouraging all Massachusetts residents to take advantage of the New England Board of Higher Education’s “Tuition Break” program. The service provides a discount on out-of-state tuition to Massachusetts residents who enroll in approved degree programs at state colleges and universities in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island [...]

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Mansfield Adult Day Health Center has been selected as the charity recipient of funds raised  through the 2009 Wreath Stroll, sponsored at The Village at Willow Crossing on Thursday, December 3 from 4:00 – 6:00 PM. Mansfield Adult Day Health Center, located at 300 Branch Street, Mansfield, is the newly opened program for daytime care [...]

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Photo Credit Onne van der Wal/OHPRI Rhode Island’s future Tall Ship, the Oliver Hazard Perry, gets towed from Newport by the tug boat Hope.  The 132-foot hull will undergo major steel and mechanical work at Promet Marine Services in Providence this winter.  When it is completed in 2011, the Class A Tall Ship will measure [...]

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Invensys Foxboro YMCA Helps Provide Holiday Presents to Local Families in Need Giving Tree in Foxboro Y’s Lobby Makes Local Children’s Holiday Wishes Come True FOXBORO, MA] – Over 90 families who are in need and receive scholarship assistance from the Invensys Foxboro Hockomock YMCA will have the opportunity to request a toy item, a [...]

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Providence Children’s Museum is the best place for hands-on family fun this Thanksgiving weekend.  Bring the whole family and enjoy these special programs: Balls and Tracks Friday, November 27 Noon – 3:00 PM Families work together to build winding ramps and twisting roller coasters and race marbles through jumps and loop-the-loops.  Ages 5 – 11 [...]

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By Ken McGill, Registrar of Voters City of Pawtucket   With Thanksgiving this week I wanted to focus on one of the traditions we have here in Pawtucket for the holiday and to reflect on the true meaning of the day. Thanksgiving is a time to do just that – give thanks. In a year with [...]

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During the Thanksgiving Day Mass at St. John the Evangelist School in Attleboro, students took part in the offertory procession filling baskets of non-perishable items for the St. Vincent DePaul Society.  Shown are the students filling baskets with the items they brought to school.  

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Dyer-Lake Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 161 Commonwealth Avenue, Village of Attleboro Falls, North Attleboro is pleased to announce that Claire E. (Butler) Chruney of Woonsocket, Rhode Island; a native of Wrentham, has become a full time member of their staff.  She will be the firm’s Family Outreach Coordinator. She was raised and educated in [...]

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My Backyard Neighbors I would like to list some places that people can go to make donations as well as some other general information.  The donor lines open on November 29th from noon -2pm and the phone number is 508-226-0911.  After the 29th, the phones lines will be open Monday through Friday from 5-8pm and [...]

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