Dear EarthTalk: A friend recently told me that when her family stopped using hand sanitizer and antibacterial wipes all the time, they stopped getting sick so much. Is there any research backing up this theory, or is it just a ???new??? wives tale???????Betsy Edger, via e-mail Your friend may be onto something. The so-called ???Hygiene […]
National School Parent Group Day Celebrates the Work of School PTOs and PTAs WRENTHAM, MA???School parent groups nationwide will join in observing National School Parent Group Day on Sept. 27, 2018. The event, sponsored by PTO Today, recognizes the hard work PTOs and PTAs do to make their schools even better places for students. […]
Throughout the Month of September??In Visitor Center Gallery?? Pawtucket:???? Over 500 submissions have been received for the City of Pawtucket???s 20th Annual Photo Contest and are on display throughout the month of September in the Visitor Center Gallery, 175 Main Street, Pawtucket, RI.???? From these entries, twelve winning photos, will be selected by a panel […]
WORLD PEACE DAY In celebration of World Peace Day, Saint John the Evangelist School created a rock garden of Peace Stones. Each student decorated a rock with a sign of peace. They placed the rocks in the schoolyard hill and in the gardens. Along with Fr. Chris Peschel, Parish Priest, Susan Fortin, Music Director, and […]
October casts its haunted Halloween spell over Pawtucket (Pawtucket, RI)?? When the equinox ushers in the coolness of fall, the ensuing winds carry us through the dusk of October to the ancient Celtic observance of Samhein, All Souls, All Hallows Eve – the playfully wicked season of Halloween. For nine haunting nights in Pawtucket, […]
REP. KEIKO ORRALL SEEKS ANSWERS TO EXPLAIN COSTLY LOTTERY MOVE BOSTON ??? Rep Keiko Orrall, a candidate for State Treasurer, ??has formally requested the Lottery Commission provide the analysis used to rationalize the expensive relocation of its headquarters to Boston and split its executive suites from other Lottery operations located in Braintree for over 20 […]
Raimondo, State Officials Break Ground on New Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Facility ?? Rubius Theraputics to Invest $155 Million and Create 160 New Jobs in Smithfield SMITHFIELD, RI -?? Governor Gina Raimondo joined Rubius Therapeutics CEO Pablo J. Cagnoni, M.D., and state and local officials to break ground on a new pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Smithfield. Once […]
The Senior Living Campus at Norton names Jennifer Gallagher dining services director NORTON, Mass. ??? The Senior Living Campus at Norton, a Wingate Healthcare community offering traditional assisted living and skilled nursing care, has named Jennifer Gallagher dining services director. Gallagher joins Wingate after nearly two decades in culinary arts and food service management, with […]
