2024 Great Massachusetts Cleanup – Plainville Register for the 2024 Keep Plainville Beautiful Town-wide Spring Cleanup here Keep Plainville Beautiful is having their Town-wide Cleanup from April 1-27! Join with your family, friends, neighbors, groups, organizations, businesses or if you need community service hours and help Keep Plainville Beautiful give the town of Plainville a […]
Eco-Friendly Guitar: New Alternatives To Rare Tonewoods Roddy Scheer February 29, 2024 Luna makes some of its guitars out of fast growing and sustainable bamboo. Dear EarthTalk: I heard we’re running out of so-called “tonewoods” for making acoustic guitars. Are there are alternative materials that eco-minded luthiers can switch to? – B.C., Montgomery. PA Most guitars […]
Forest Management Commission To Discuss Draft Report STATE HOUSE – The House commission working to help the state determine the best action for improving forest management will meet Monday for a discussion and review of the draft of its report. The Special Legislative Commission to Evaluate and Provide Recommendations on Proper Forest Management for Fire Prevention is scheduled to meet Monday, […]
Write in Bea Reardon on Republican primary ballot. Dear Rockport friends I am writing to ask you to Write IN “Bea Reardon, 9 Ridgewood Road” for Rockport Republican Town Committee on Tuesday, March 5th. If you have not early voted yet, there is still a chance. Polls open on Tuesday at 7am and close at 8pm. Find […]
Exhibition Dates: May 25th, 2024 – August 25, 2024 TRANSFORMATIONS The Art Museum of New Bedford presents Transformations, a juried exhibition of works on paper that explore the theme of metamorphosis or change. Works may be 2D or 3D but must be predominantly made of paper. Transformations is the inaugural exhibition of the Art Museum of New Bedford’s new annual juried […]
Representative Quattrocchi submits legislation that prohibits mandates on vaccinations, masks and testing Representative Robert Quattrocchi State House, Providence – In response to the lessons learned from the detrimental economic, educational and health services related conditions realized by the COVID-19 mandates for testing, masking and vaccinations, Representative Robert Quattrocchi (District 41, Scituate, Cranston) submitted legislation that […]
TODAYS TOPICS Arlington Town Hall cupola demolition (Donna Wiley) Arlington Town Hall cupola demolition (mjtubin@verizon.net) Arlington Town Hall cupola demolition (Ed Nilsson) MassHistPres] Arlington Town Hall cupola demolition We are nearing the end of the restoration of The Spire Center in Plymouth, an 1884 Methodist Church is being restored by www.spencerpreservationgroup.com/spirecenter <http://www.spencerpreservationgroup.com/spirecenter> including detailed restoration […]
CHILDCARE WAGES LISA HILDEBRAND In a recent commentary, early education advocates Lisa Hildebrand and Khadija Lewis Khan drew a very appropriate comparison between Rhode Island’s child care resources and the Washington Bridge, noting that both are critical infrastructure whose challenges create serious obstacles to working Rhode Islanders. We couldn’t agree more, and are just as […]
