Minimum-Wage Boost Making Dent in MA Child Poverty Mike Clifford – Commonwealth News Service BOSTON – It’s a significant drop. The share of Massachusetts children living in poverty is down, and state job growth along with recent boosts in the minimum wage are cited as big factors pushing the positive trend. T he data from […]
City of Pawtucket 19th Annual Photo Contest??Throughout the??Month of September In Visitor Center Gallery ?? Over 450 submissions have been received for the City of Pawtucket???s 19th Annual Photo Contest and are on display??throughout the month??of September??in the Visitor Center Gallery, 175 Main Street, Pawtucket, RI.???? From these??450 entries, twelve winning photos,??will be selected by […]
National Adult Day Services Week Celebrations Observed at Community VNA Adult Day Health Centers ?? You are at work trying to concentrate, and the only thing on your mind is your elderly mother, wondering if she is safe, by herself, at home. You need to run errands, but your father-in-law, who lives with you, requires […]
In this week???s video address, Governor Raimondo discusses the urgent need for Rhode Island to make a generational investment in fixing its school buildings. Nearly half of our public schools were built in the 1950s and 60s, and a new report shows more than $600 million in repairs is needed just to make our schools […]
MERLE HAGGARD/EMMYLOU HARRIS TRIBUTE IN WRENTHAM ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23rd Donna Lee, Barry Searle and the Crooked Ledge Band will be performing a tribute to Merle Haggard and Emmylou Harris at the Original Congregational Church, 1 East Street, Wrentham, 7:30 PM, Saturday, Sept. 23. Merle Haggard has been called a legend and ???the poet of […]
WOMR Announces Fine Art Silent Auction of Works Donated by Artist Francesco di Santis ?? Silent auction of plein-air paintings to benefit Cape Cod???s community radio station Provincetown, MA, September 12, 2017: Community radio station WOMR today announced a fine art silent fundraising auction for WOMR, to take place on September 22nd from 3-9 pm […]
The Chorus of Westerly Presents ???Surely You Jest: Three Generations of Twelfth Night Jesters??? Westerly, RI ??? The Chorus of Westerly debuts their 2017-2018 Season with a special event, Surely You Jest, featuring three generations of Jesters from the Chorus???s past shows of A Celebration of Twelfth Night, on Saturday, September 23, 2017, at 6 […]
Raimondo Proclaims Rhode Island Direct Support Professional Recognition Week?? PROVIDENCE, R.I. -??Governor Raimondo joined by community advocates and direct care workers, signed a proclamation declaring September 10-September 16, 2017 as Rhode Island Direct Support Professionals Recognition week. Direct Support Professionals have been and continue to be an essential part of the deinstitutionalization movement around the […]
