DEM ADVISES PUBLIC THAT DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS, HIGH SURF EXPECTED??FOR NEXT SEVERAL DAYS ON SOUTH-FACING SHORELINES PROVIDENCE ??? The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) advises the public to use caution along shoreline areas this weekend due to anticipated rip currents and high surf generated by Hurricane Florence. Rhode Island state beaches closed for the season […]
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 27, 5:30-8 pm VETS Gallery, One Avenue of the Arts, Providence, RI?? You are?? cordially invited to our Parsing Sign and Image Opening Reception. This open-juried exhibit?? sought submissions that consider the influence of letters, text, signs and language. Juror: Kaveh Mojtabai,??Founder and Publisher of Artscope Magazine. Images have […]
Save the Date!?? Susan Freda’s??newest work will be on view in RISD’s??juried street sale??“RISD Craft” on??Saturday, October 6, 2018 |??10 am ?????5 pm Benefit Street (between Waterman and Hopkins streets) Providence, RI Hope to see you there for an awesome??day of art viewing and shopping!?? & a New Website!?? Click on the images above or […]
Plainridge Park Casino Hosts United Regional Chamber of Commerce???s First Annual Women???s Conference Plainville, MA: The United Regional Chamber of Commerce (URCC) is holding its first annual Women???s Expo hosted by event sponsor Plainridge Park Casino on September 25. Plainridge Park Casino is located at 301 Washington Street, Plainville, MA. The Women???s Expo will be […]
Dear EarthTalk: Are any environmental groups working specifically to increase access to nature and the outdoors???— Mary Pelletier, Macon, GA No one doubts that time spent outdoors in nature is time well-spent, especially in this age of smartphones, tablets and laptops vying for our attention. Research consistently shows links between higher levels of health and […]
Flower bulb of the year: the double-flowering daffodil?? “PEACH SWIRL” Big announcement: the double-flowering daffodil is the flower bulb of the year! Plant them now and they???ll give you that wonderful feeling of spring when they burst into bloom.?? “BRIDAL CROWN”“ Spring Daffodils? That???s right, daffodils. And double-flowering ones at that, so you???ll enjoy them […]
FRIENDS??? BOOK SALE TO FEATURE ???COLLECTORS??? CORNER??? Volunteer members of the Friends of the East Providence Public Library sort through thousands of books each year in preparation for their fall and spring book sales. On occasion, among the boxes and bags of donated books, they discover a special or unusual book that catches their eye. […]
$664,617.50 The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) released key data from the State’s tractor trailer truck only tolling program for the second month of tolling; the period from July 11, 2018 to August 10, 2018. The data included the number of transactions and tolls assessed from gantry locations 1 and 2. RIDOT released the […]
