School Choice to be Highlighted at Capitol Rally Featuring Student Music and Poetry During National School Choice Week BOSTON – Students from a wide variety of Boston area schools will perform poetry and music in multiple languages at the Capitol building to celebrate National School Choice Week, at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, January 22. About 200 students and teachers from the Nobel Academy, the Islamic […]
(Boston, MA) Cathy Edwards, executive director of the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), is pleased to announce that Indira Goodwine will join the organization in March 2019 as the new Program Director, Dance. Goodwine will direct NEFA’s National Dance Project and major dance initiatives in New England, as well as collaborate with other NEFA […]
WINSLOW FARM WELCOMED CLOSE TO 100 CHICKENS FROM A HORRIFYING CASE OF NEGLECT DEB WITH CHICKENS Our heartfelt gratitude to Plymouth Animal Shelter for their incredible tenacity and compassion on this case. They discovered over 200 Bantam chickens being kept in cramped, filthy cages with no protection from the brutal cold and with no food or […]
Veterans’ Experiences in Art and Words A Call for Art – Deadline March 15, 2019 Paul Bouchard (veteran) “Missing Peace #10” Every member of the U.S. Armed Forces and their family members embark on a journey of experiences that are both shared by many, and specific to each individual. Those experiences can be complex and enduring […]
Immobilizing blizzard with feet of snow looms for interior Northeast The blockbuster storm, which will hit the Midwest first, is forecast to evolve into an all-out blizzard, cause roads to close and lead to scores of flight cancellations. AccuWeather Global Weather Center – January 17, 2019 – The second of two storms this week will be a […]
DEM STOCKING TROUT NOW FOR WINTER FISHING SEASON Photo credit: Chris Kesson Several thousand hatchery-raised rainbow and brook trout are going into ponds in Burrillville, North Kingstown, Portsmouth, and Richmond PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is stocking ponds across Rhode Island this week with several thousand brook and rainbow trout […]
BRIDGE REPAIRS TO REQUIRE TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF OLD GREAT ROAD AT ROUTE 146 OVERPASS IN NORTH SMITHFIELD Detour goes into effect January 23 The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) today announced it will temporarily close a section of Old Great Road in North Smithfield, where it passes underneath Route 146, on Wednesday, January […]
Pawtucket-area lawmakers petition Governor Raimondo to work to retain Hasbro STATE HOUSE — A group of legislators from northern Rhode Island, including the entire Pawtucket delegation, have penned a letter to Gov. Gina Raimondo, asking her to do everything in her power to retain toymaker Hasbro in Pawtucket “Hasbro is one of Rhode Island’s greatest […]
