HOLIDAY BREAKFAST VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Scholarship Foundation of East Providence is recruiting volunteers for their annual Holiday Breakfast at East Providence High School on Saturday, November 25. High school students who need to complete community service hours and parents who are interested in learning more about the scholarship group are invited. Volunteers help guests, clean tables, […]
Frosty Drew Nature Center Open House & Owl Prowl Saturday, Nov. 4 ??from 3:00 – 6:00 pm (owl program starts at 4:30 pm) and Saturday, Dec. 2 ??from 2:00 – 5:30 pm (owl program starts at 4:00 pm) Join Frosty Drew Naturalists for an Open House to meet some of our new friends in the […]
RIDOT POSTPONES CHANNEL RESTRICTIONS FOR OLD SAKONNET RIVER BRIDGE DEMOLITION Temporary closures now beginning on November 13 The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) today announced an updated schedule for temporary closures of the channel on the Sakonnet River where it passes underneath the old Sakonnet River Bridge in Tiverton and Portsmouth. The closures will […]
NOVEMBER TEEN PROGRAMS @ EAST PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARIES (For ages 10+ unless otherwise noted.) EMOJI STRESS BALLS @ Riverside Create one or more with your favorite emojis! Tuesday, Nov. 7th, 3-4pm. KNITTING 102 @ Weaver This 4-week class will build on the skills we learned in Knitting 101, covering more construction techniques and the basics […]
Rhode Island Pension Fund Earns $872 Million in First Year of Treasurer Magaziner’s ‘Back to Basics’ Strategy SETH MAGAZINER PROVIDENCE, RI -??Rhode Island’s pension fund continues to deliver strong investment performance, earning $74.3 million in the month of September 2017, and more than $872 million in the 12 months since Treasurer Magaziner announced his Back […]
IT’S JUST ONE WEEK AWAY!???? 2017 Community & Justice Gala Wednesday, November 1 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM The Providence Biltmore Hotel Celebrate Providence, our dynamic, diverse, divine capital city. Celebrate leaders making Providence’s??future brighter -??Dan Baudouin, former director of The Providence Foundation, who for 24 years built partnerships that shaped the city we treasure, […]
PUMPKIN DECORATING WITH BUDDIES At St. John the Evangelist School in Attleboro, the Buddy Program teaches the kids to respect and care for each other. This program provides interactive activities between grades K & 7 and 8 & 1, and the Service Program for grades 7 and 8 whereby students give back to SJE. Recently […]
SHUFFLE Letter to the Editor: This Letter of Thanks is to publicly acknowledge the merchants, organizations, and individuals who helped out and/or participated in the tenth annual Back to School Shuffle and the third Back to School Fair held on August 22, 20167 First, a HUGE thank you to Fisher College, who again sponsored the […]
