CO-OP ANNOUNCES NEW PRESIDENT & CEO JOYCE FARIA North Dighton ??? CO-OP announced that Joyce Faria has accepted the position of President & Chief Executive Officer. Joyce has been with CO-OP for 37 years, most recently as the agency???s Chief Operating Officer. According to CO-OP Board Chairman Raymond Pelote, ???Joyce has been a driving force […]
LOCAL STUDENTS DELIVER HOLIDAY CHEER Eighth graders from St. John the Evangelist School delivered holiday cheer to the residents of Attleboro Healthcare in Attleboro. Families from the school donated items such as blankets, slippers, calendars, lotion and shaving cream for the residents to take as gifts for others as well as themselves. After the students […]
A NEW YEAR’S THOUGHT Winter Fire: Illustration by Sara Katz Winter Trees By William Carlos Williams All the complicated details of the attiring and the disattiring are completed! A liquid moon moves gently among the long branches. Thus having prepared their buds against a sure winter the wise trees stand sleeping in the cold.
Attleboro Dem City Committee Meeting- GALA- Swearing In Mayor Ceremony?? MAYOR PAUL HEROUX and OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS 7:00pm Attleboro High School Reception following at The Barn, at the Attleboro Sports Complex CITY COMMITTEE MEETING REMINDER THURSDAY JANUARY 4TH?? ATTLEBORO PUBLIC LIBRARY SPEAKER Bob Massie- 2018 Candidate for Governor Colin Meiselman – State Senate Candidate NBM […]
Happy New Year! Rhode Islanders are hardworking, gritty people.?? The gifts are unwrapped, and Rhode Islanders are trading in their Christmas stockings for confetti and noisemakers. New Year???s Eve is a time to reflect on the year that???s gone by, and make plans for the year to come. When I think about 2017, I think […]
URGENT NEWS REGARDING THE 2018 SPECIAL OLYMPICS RHODE ISLAND PENGUIN PLUNGE Due to the record breaking cold and the wind chill temperatures predicted for January 1st, Special Olympics Rhode Island has made the decision to postpone the Penguin Plunge. This is the first time in 42 years, that the Penguin Plunge has been postponed, due […]
Dear EarthTalk: I always assumed the train was the greenest form of mass transit, but a friend told me I would be better off taking the bus. Could this be true??? ?????????????????????? — Jane McNeil, New York, NY Most of us assume that train travel???whether for getting around town, commuting to work or for long […]
Rhode Island Adds 400 Manufacturing and 500 Construction Jobs in November GOVERNOR GINA M. RAIMONDO PROVIDENCE, RI -??Governor Gina M. Raimondo released the following statement on the November Jobs Report, which showed that Rhode Island added 400 manufacturing jobs and 500 construction jobs last month: “In 2014, Rhode Island had the highest unemployment rate in […]
