JUNE 21ST Plans for Make Music Rhode Island state wide celebration, featuring ???free music, everywhere??? continue to develop.?? ???We are pleased to release early details of music across our state to be held on June 21st.????? says Sharon Steele the President of Make Music Rhode Island. ?? ???This is Make Music Rhode Island???s first year.?? […]
MassAccess Testifies in Support of Community Access Television MassAccess, the nonprofit trade organization representing community media stations throughout Massachusetts, testified today in support of their legislation, ???An Act to Support Community Access Television,??? filed by Senator John Keenan and Representative Ruth Balser. The Bill seeks to allow community media stations access to Electronic Programming Guides […]
HEBRON FOOD PANTRY FUN WALK A SUCCESS FIRST WAVE OF WALKERS Hebron Food Pantry??held its??Sixth Annual Fun Walk??late in May at Willett Field, Attleboro.????Profits from the Walk will be used to purchase food at The Greater Boston Food Bank, where every $1.00 raised buys approximately $20.00 of food at retail prices. MANY DONATED GIFT BASKETS […]
Advocates Cite Personal Toll of Obamacare Repeal in Bay State Mike Clifford – Commonwealth News??Service BOSTON — With the future of the GOP plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act in doubt, local health care workers and their allies say there is little doubt the GOP plan could end health coverage for up […]
2017 Teacher of the Year ?? MRS. SUSAN KILEY The United Regional Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce our 2017 Teacher of the Year. Since 1992, the Chamber has sponsored an annual search for the ???Teacher of the Year??? in an effort to recognize and support the efforts of the education system within our […]
Thank You from The North Attleboro Firebarn Preservation Society, Inc. ?? We would like to thank everyone who attended our recent Pasta & Meatball Dinner at the Elks Lodge in North Attleborough.?? The dinner is our major fund-raiser; and it was a very successful night.?? Over seventeen hundred dollars was raised. All proceeds from the […]
Rhode Island Jewelry Industry Experiences Made in America Revival In this month’s??Women’s Wear Daily, author Misty White Sidell writes that “Rhode Island, once considered the ‘jewelry capital of the world,’ is on the rebound.” Since 1978, Rhode Island’s manufacturing industry has seen an almost-continuous decline???until recently. A growing nostalgia for the days when ‘Made in […]
Winfield to be honored by Special Olympics R.I. ?? STATE HOUSE ??? Rep. Thomas Winfield will be honored by Special Olympics Rhode Island next week for his longtime support of the organization and to people with intellectual disabilities. Representative Winfield (D-Dist. 53, Smithfield, Glocester) will be honored with the organization???s ???Inspire Greatness??? award at its […]
