Sunday, May 10, 2026

SEED: SMALL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT

Healthy Appetites Natural Foods   Plymouth, MA   SEED Loan Amount: $225,000 Business   Acquisition    Jobs Created: 4   SEED Lender: Angie Laperriere   “Had it not been for SEED Corporation and Rockland Trust, none of this would be possible. We really appreciate that SEED believed in us!”   -Rodney and Tory Ord, Owners […]

SENATOR SHELDON WHITE HOUSE – DEMOCRAT, RHODE ISLAND

Whitehouse Joins Bipartisan Congressional Delegation to Ukraine   Whitehouse to the Ukrainian people: “We intend to be with you until the end, which is victory”       Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) announced that he has left Ukraine with Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) after a bipartisan congressional delegation […]

INTERFAITH POWER AND LIGHT

To Our RI Interfaith Power & Light Network:   Happy New Year!   We want you to know of our plans this year to “inspire and mobilize people of faith and conscience to take bold and just action on climate change.”   We will bring to college campuses people of faith and conscience to share […]

THE CULTURAL CENTER OF CAPE COD

THIS WEEK’S MUSE   ELISABETH FRINK “I feel I must always have the last touch on everything of mine.”   Elisabeth Frink was an English sculptor, best known for her bronze outdoor figures and animals, formed with distinctive, energetic cuts and highly worked surfaces.   She was born in 1930 in Great Thurlow, an ancient village—first mentioned […]

RHODE ISLAND WOMEN’S EXPO

Rhode Island Women’s Expo is back! May 21, 2023   GET READY GIRLS! WE’RE BACK!     ONE DAY ONLY – UNDER ONE ROOF – MEET OVER 80 LOCAL BUSINESSES YOU’LL LOVE!   ADMISSION IS FREE TO FIRST 500 WOMEN WHO PRE-REGISTER ONLINE.   Come join us May 21st for the Rhode Island Women’s Expo! Guests […]

USDA: ORGANIC PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM

USDA Builds Out Regional Networks for the Transition to Organic Partnership Program     The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the partner organizations that farmers can contact to learn more about transitioning to organic. These organizations are also entry points for existing organic farmers wanting to serve as paid mentors to help establish […]

RI GOP STATE OF THE STATE RESONS

Senate Minority Leader Jessica de la Cruz State of the State Response   JESSICA   Good evening fellow Rhode Islanders. My name is Jessica de la Cruz. I’m the Minority Leader in your Rhode Island Senate. As a daughter of Portuguese immigrants, a working mom of three school-age boys, a dedicated wife, and a lifelong […]