Congratulations to the Sixteen Students Awarded the Mayor’s Scholarship DONALD R. GREBIEN Pawtucket – Mayor Donald R. Grebien, the Pawtucket City Council, and the Pawtucket School Committee, and the Pawtucket School Department congratulate the sixteen high school seniors and college students who have been awarded with the Mayor’s Scholarship. “Congratulations to all sixteen students who have […]
Barely a Week Into Hurricane Season with 3 Storms Already: Is Your Boat Ready for the 4th? Tropical Storm Cristobal rakes Louisiana coast Damage from 2017’s Hurricane Irma, a reminder that boaters need to prepare now and arrange their hurricane plan. SPRINGFIELD, Va., June 8, 2020 – Tropical Storm Cristobal swept over the Louisiana […]
Gov. Raimondo Makes a Half Million Masks Available to Small Businesses – With Help from QDC’s Steven King The State of Rhode Island will distribute a half-million masks to small businesses to help them safely re-open and operate, Gov. Gina Raimondo announced recently. Quonset Development Corporation (QDC) Managing Director Steven King played a key role in making this […]
PAWTUCKET PARKS & RECREATION SUMMER YOUTH TENNIS CAMP Online registrations have started for the annual Slater Park Youth Tennis Camp, sponsored by the Pawtucket Parks & Recreation Division. For those without computer access, an in-person registration will take place at the Slater Park Pavilion on Saturday, June 13 from 10 am – 12 pm […]
Reopening Begins at the NHS Newport History Tours return in downtown Newport Colony House open on Fridays & Saturdays Museum Shop open by appointment Newport, RI – June 2020 – The Newport Historical Society is pleased to announce the return of its walking tour program, Newport History Tours (NHT), in a new format that follows RI’s social […]
BOSTON, MA — The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 103, the region’s largest electrical workers union, and the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) of Greater Boston, donated $50,000 to the Boston Resiliency Fund,the initiative Mayor Martin J. Walsh is spearheading to support the City’s residents, and first responders, through the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund was […]
“Tales of the Slave Trade” 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 […]
FirstWorks & PVDFest present Requiem for the Living, In Color by Carlos Andres Toro and Daniel Bernard Roumain Premiere work, originally commissioned for PVDFest, debuts on FirstWorks Virtual Stage via Facebook Live on Friday, June 12 at 7 PM DANIEL BERNARD ROUMAIN Responding to the realities of creating as people of color during these extraordinary times, Providence-based multimedia […]
