It’s 2020. Welcome Back to the Future. Registration is open for Rhode Island’s 35th Annual Statewide Historic Preservation Conference , on Saturday, April 25 at CCRI Knight Campus in Warwick. Post-war residential subdivisions, shopping centers, roadside architecture, Modernist school buildings and houses of worship have surpassed historic preservation’s “50-year rule”— the threshold for designating historic properties. […]
National Grammar Day: MARCH 4, 2020 Top 5 most common grammar mistakes Grammar nerds, rejoice! National Grammar Day is March 4th, and it’s the perfect day to celebrate the idiosyncrasies of the English language and study up on some of the common grammar mistakes. The world’s largest online homework help platform Brainly surveyed 1,700 high school students (ages 14-18) […]
DEM ANNOUNCES $3.33 MILLION IN GREEN ECONOMY BOND FUNDING TO HELP COMMUNITIES, LOCAL GROUPS PROTECT OPEN SPACE PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced the award of more than $3.33 million in grants to help communities and local organizations protect valuable green space throughout the state. Seventeen projects will receive matching grants […]
Treasurer Magaziner to Meet with College Financial Aid Professionals at RISLA Training SETH MAGAZINER Rhode Island Treasurer Seth Magaziner will attend Rhode Island Student Loan Authority’s training session to speak with college financial aid professionals about Treasury programs that assist students and families as they save for college, as well as Rhode Island’s new Student […]
Massachusetts Democratic Voters Could Save or Sink Warren Laura Rosbrow-Telem-Commonwealth News Service CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Massachusetts appears to be one of the most competitive Super Tuesday states in the Democratic primary. That isn’t good news for Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who may likely lose to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. To understand why, it’s helpful to […]
BOG MAROON BY DON DOUCETTE Thoughts of cranberry bogs have taken me back in time to memories of a small homestead cranberry bog here in Attleboro, Massachusetts. Several times this past week my travels have taken me to Sandwich, Massachusetts – and during this travel time, I have noticed cranberry bogs along the way in […]
TEAMWORK AND CIVIC DUTY IN ACTION! Saint John the Evangelist School in Attleboro has been home to basketball traditions, including an annual tournament, for over 40 years. Students begin their basketball “careers” in third grade and make lifelong bonds with their teammates through graduation in eighth grade. This year, the third grade boys […]
GOT BOOKS? The Friends of the East Providence Public Library are accepting books for their Spring Book Sale, scheduled for April 30 to May 3, 2020. Now is the time to drop off your donations. Books will not be accepted beginning the week before the sale, from April 23 until further notice, to allow volunteers […]
