Frustrated family child care providers working with expired contract State rates contributing to instability at providers who serve families receiving public assistance By Katie Castellani | State House News Service A family child care center in Worcester; (Hallie Claflin/CommonWealth Beacon) CELINA REYES HAS two jobs and works upwards of 12 hours each day to keep her family child […]
RIPTA’s Fall Service Changes Effective Saturday, August 29, 2026 Providence, Rhode Island – The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) will implement fall service changes effective Saturday, August 29, 2026. RIPTA makes regular service adjustments three times a year in response to seasonal changes and/or passenger use. 2026 Fall Service Changes Service adjustments have been made […]
RIPTA Invites the Public to Celebrate 60 Years at Family-Friendly Open House Event on Saturday, September 26, 2026 Save the Date: Community Invited to Explore RIPTA Headquarters, See the Fleet, and Meet the People Behind Public Transit PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) is inviting the public to celebrate 60 years of […]
Falls Firebarn Museum Fund Raiser The Falls Firebarn Museum of North Attleborough History will hold a Psychic Fair Fundraiser at the museum from 12 until 5 on Saturday, September 19th. The cost of a 15-minute reading is $20 and an admission charge of $2 includes a chance at a door prize. The fair includes psychics, […]
Attleboro Arts Museum Presents Jim & Ted’s Great Adventure Jim & Ted’s Great Adventure A Live Collaboration of Music and Art Friday, September 25th, 2026 Doors open at 6pm Attleboro Arts Museum, 86 Park Street, Attleboro, MA 02703 Telephone: 508.222.2644; www.attleboroartsmuseum.org During Jim & Ted’s Great Adventure: A Live Collaboration of Music and Art event, attendees will witness […]
LIGHTHOUSE TOUR SEASON SOON COMING TO A CLOSE Your last chance to visit Pomham Rocks Lighthouse this season is quickly approaching, Final dates for the 2026 tour season are scheduled for August 20 and 27 and September 2, 3, 8, 10 and 17. Take a 10-minute boat ride, on Lady Pomham II, across the bay […]
A Peaceful Patch of Earth: Blacks in Jamestown, Rhode Island, in a Time of Racial Turbulence in America, 1850-1920 with Peter Fay & Valerie J. Southern September 10 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Thursday, September 10th, 2026 Richard I. Burnham Resource Center | 82 Touro Street, Newport Admission $15 – $20 per person | *Student Discounts […]
Now that we’ve adopted Right to Read legislation for our schools, we must revamp teacher preparation to match it We should require teachers to obtain a license endorsement in teaching reading, just as we do for teaching English language learners By Donna Thayer ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2025, when the Right to Read Act was being debated […]
