A Snowy Winter is Predicted PHOTO BY ED HUGHES Respecting Snowy Owls – Visitors from the Arctic Tundra Smithfield, R.I. (December 6, 2017) ??? A few Snowy Owls are typically spotted in Rhode Island each year, but over the past few weeks sightings have been on the rise. We may be experiencing an irruption year, […]
The Chorus of Westerly Presents The 37th Annual??Christmas Pops?? WESTERLY, RI ?????The Chorus of Westerly continues its 2017-2018 season with the popular holiday favorite,??Christmas Pops??on Saturday, December 16 and Sunday, December 17, 2017. Joining the 190-voice Chorus of Westerly and conductor Andrew Howell is the Pops Festival Orchestra, to present a program of traditional and […]
Signatures Could Put Paid Leave, $15 Wage on Ballot Andrea Sears – Commomwealth News Service BOSTON — Community organizers say they have twice the number of signatures they need to put paid family leave and a $15 minimum wage on next year’s state ballot. The grassroots effort gathered almost 275,000 signatures from 346 of the […]
Pawtucket Public Library Awarded Grant PAWTUCKET ??? The Pawtucket Public Library was recently awarded a $60,000 grant from the Champlin Foundation for the restoration and repair of the Dome Tower in the Gerald S. Burns Building. The grant will go toward the Library???s match for their $150,000 grant from the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & […]
WOMR Announces Kickoff of Capital Campaign Cape Cod???s only community nonprofit radio station to raise money for capital improvements Provincetown, MA, December 5, 2017: WOMR???s capital campaign for studio and transmitter upgrades has begun and is actively seeking donors, the community radio station announced today. The aim of the capital campaign is to upgrade aging???and […]
Winter cold gets ???Swept Away??? with annual Flora in Winter event Worcester Art Museum???s blooming extravaganza takes place January 25 ??? 28 Worcester, MA (December 5, 2017) ??? Flora in Winter, one of Worcester???s most beloved traditions, takes place January 25 through 28 at the Worcester Art Museum.?? For four days, scores of imaginative floral […]
Statewide Protests Planned in Support of Net Neutrality Suzanne Potter – Commonwealth News Service BOSTON – Protesters are gathering in seven Massachusetts communities Wednesday to support a free and open Internet as part of 600 events nationwide to protect net neutrality. The Federal Communications Commission plans to vote Dec. 14 on whether to lift rules […]
3rd Annual Social Change Marketplace at Bryant University The Bryant University Social Change Marketplace Committee is pleased to announce and invite the local community to the 3rd Annual Social Change Marketplace (formerly known as ???Giving for Good???). This event will be held on December 7, 2017 from 10am-2pm at Bryant University, in the Rotunda located […]
