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The North Attleborough Historical Society will hold its next meeting on Monday, May 21st at 7:30 PM at the Little Red Schoolhouse.  The Society invites you to join them to hear Roger Williams National Monument Ranger John McNiff use his interpretive skills to introduce his audience to the Rev. William Blackstone, the first white settler [...]

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Attleboro Elks And Saint John’s Tradition David Stringham, alumni and past parent of St. John the Evangelist School, professional numismatist and a member of the Attleboro Elks recently donated dictionaries to the third graders of SJE. Mr. Stringham is shown here giving a dictionary to Kevin Medeiros while Nicholas Roy, Molly Janicki, Savannah Blanchard stand [...]

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ATTLEBORO – The Parent Advisory Council of Dayspring Christian Academy of Attleboro will hold its annual Spring Yard Sale on Saturday, May 19, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the large parking lot the school shares with the adjacent South Attleboro Assembly of God Church. Dozens of vendors offering a multitude of new and [...]

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Please join the Ten Mile River Watershed Council for our sixth annual Daggett Cleanup in Pawtucket on Saturday, May 5, 2012. We will be meeting at the Doreen Tomlinson Field on Daggett Avein Pawtucketat 10:00, and cleaning the woods and pond of the Ten Mile River Reservation. We will be removing litter and possibly some tires. [...]

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State Representative Dan Winslow  The Massachusetts House today approved a budget amendment offered by State Representative Dan Winslow (R-Norfolk) to require the President of the University of Massachusetts to prepare a report by January 2013 on the feasibility of offering a three year undergraduate degree program at less expense than the current four year undergraduate [...]

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You Can Get There From Here Monday morning, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood joined Governor Lincoln Chafee, Senator Jack Reed and Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Director Michael Lewis at the Wickford Junction Train Station and Garage to help celebrate the opening of Rhode Island’s newest commuter rail facility at 1011 Ten Rod Road in [...]

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The NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY will hold its annual May Breakfast on Sunday, May 6th, between the hours of 8:30 A.M. and 11:30 A.M. The breakfast is served in the Little Red Schoolhouse which is next door to the Woodcock Garrison house at 362 North Washington Street; the junction of Routes 1 and 1A in [...]

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U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will join Governor Lincoln Chafee, Senator Jack Reed and Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Director Michael Lewis for the grand opening of the Wickford Junction Train Station and Garage on Monday, April 23, 2012 at the new facility at 1011 Ten Rod Road in North Kingstown, RI. Prior to [...]

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Haunted RI: The Legends of Dolly Cole airs May 5 at 7 P.M.          The eagerly anticipated second episode of Haunted RI  airs on WSBE Rhode Island PBS on Saturday, May 5 at 7 P.M. as part of the ongoing Rhode Island PBS series Rhode Island Stories.  Haunted RI: The Legends of Dolly Cole tries [...]

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Grace Baptist Christian Academy of Attleboro honored its student-athletes of the 2011-12 school year with its annual Sports Banquet held March 30 at the school. Eleven students earned special honors as either Most Valuable Players or Most Improved Players in their respective sports or as recipients of Leadership Awards. Shown here, from left, are: 1st row, [...]

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