Port of Davisville Updates Full Speed Ahead Steady progress continues to be made modernizing the Port of Davisville, one of the Top 10 auto importers in North America. The plan calls for Pier 2 to be rehabilitated and extended by constructing a new steel sheet along the north, south and east faces of the pier. […]
Jesse Liam Band to perform at the Weaver Library The Jesse Liam Band will perform on the Weaver Library Lawn on Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at 6:30 pm. ?? An exuberant, warm, crowd-pleasing ??vocalist, Jesse puts on a great show for all ages singing songs from the 1950’s era through to today???s top hits. Jesse???s […]
BREENE HOLLOW FARM IN WEST GREENWICH NAMED 2018 OUTSTANDING RHODE ISLAND DAIRY FARM A family tradition: Melissa Breene Jordan and her husband, Matt Jordan run the 50-cow milking operation at Breene Hollow Farm. / DEM photo The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced that Breene Hollow Farm in West Greenwich has been named […]
A WIN FOR THE TAUNTON RIVER In a win for local waters, the U.S. First District Court of Appeals upheld a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency to impose a limit on the amount of nitrogen that the Taunton Wastewater Treatment Plant can discharge into the Taunton River. The treatment plant had appealed the EPA’s […]
PILOBOLUS?? “Where acrobatics are liquified into poetry” ???New York Times?? October 26 at The VETS – 1 Avenue of the Arts Providence Celebrate FirstWorks 15th season with a ???mind-blowing troupe of wildly creative and physically daring dancers who leap, fly, intertwine and break all the rules.??? Prepare to be amazed as they test the limits […]
$4.6M GRANT TO FARM FRESH RI A BIG WIN FOR NEW ENGLAND???S FOOD SYSTEM PAWTUCKET, RI ??? This week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced a $4,628,765 grant awarded to local nonprofit Farm Fresh RI to expand its work increasing access to fresh, locally grown foods across […]
Two artists from Vietnam to spend month working at WAM, residency begins August 20th ?? New Southeast Asia Artist-in-Residency at WAM to forge greater understanding Two emerging artists from Vietnam to work and study in Worcester for one month this summer Worcester, MA???August 9, 2018???Two emerging artists from Vietnam will enjoy a month of […]
Treasurer Magaziner’s Automated Unclaimed Property Initiative Leads to Four-Fold Increase in Rhode Islanders Reunited with Missing Money SETH MAGAZINER PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island General Treasurer Seth Magaziner today announced that his office reunited nearly 50,000 people with unclaimed property in the fiscal year than ended on June 30, 2018, nearly five times the amount […]
