MA Asks Court To Stop EPA Stalling on Methane Waste Rules Suzanne Potter – Commonwealth News Service BOSTON — Massachusetts and 15 other states and cities are asking a federal judge to force the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate methane emissions from existing oil and gas wells. The Trump administration has refused to take action and has […]
Hello friend, This pandemic has impacted every community in Rhode Island and across the world. Unfortunately, the communities hit hardest have been those who can least afford it, and that includes our undocumented neighbors. Many of these Rhode Islanders have been working as essential workers throughout the crisis but are ineligible for federal public assistance […]
One of Oldest U.S. Papers May Lose Printing House in Northampton Laura Rosbrow-Telem – Commonwealth News Service NORTHAMPTION, Mass. — The company Newspapers of New England recently announced it plans to lay off all the workers at its printing house in Northampton. It’s the facility that prints the Daily Hampshire Gazette, one of the nation’s […]
Walking Tours are Back at Linden Place Mansion Linden Place Museum will host a walking tour of Linden Place Mansion and downtown Bristol, focused specifically on Bristol’s DeWolf Family and their involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. The DeWolf family, Bristol’s premier family in the 18th and early 19th centuries, was once one of the largest traders […]
Neighbors in Dialogue: Listening To And Learning From Each Other Wednesday, July 22, 6- 8 pm A virtual community discussion on racism and antiracism centered on Ibram X. Kendi’s ideas in the books, Stamped From the Beginning and Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You will take place on Wednesday, July 22, from 6-8 pm. Reverend Cheryl Harris […]
Pawtucket Fire Department Adds Additional Engine Pawtucket – The City of Pawtucket and the Pawtucket Fire Department have announced that the sixth engine, Engine 3, is in service. The Department will now operate four rescues, six engines, and two ladders throughout the city. “Public safety for our residents is a top priority, especially as Pawtucket and the […]
WEED TREATMENT TO CONTROL INVASIVE SPECIES IN MESHANTICUT POND SET FOR THIS WEEK PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is advising the public that Meshanticut Pond in Meshanticut State Park, Cranston will receive a treatment to control infestations of invasive weeds including variable water milfoil, algae, fanwort, and sacred lotus this week. The weed […]
DAD’S GARDEN: THURBER FARM BROOK MAR-GLOBES BY DON DOUCETTE A phone conversation with my older brother this week who is retired from the United States Air Force in Virginia led to a conversation about our father’s one acre vegetable garden once cultivated here in Attleboro. Gene was just concluding a family Fourth Of July picnic […]
