USDA HARRISBURG, PA – Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) mailed the 2022 Census of Agriculture paper questionnaires to all known agriculture producers across the nation and Puerto Rico. Last month, producers in the states received their survey codes with an invitation to respond online. Any New England producer who did not […]
Speaker Shekarchi’s Inauguration Address Shekarchi re-elected Speaker; lists housing, homelessness as top priorities Speaker of the House K. Joseph Shekarchi (D-Dist. 23, Warwick) was re-elected to lead the House of Representatives as the 2023-2024 term began. He outlined a legislative agenda topped by addressing the state’s affordable housing and homelessness crises and […]
Commissioner’s Memo to Friends of Education ANGELICA INFANTE-GREEN New Year, New Opportunities: Student Food Trucks! Rhode Island students are riding into the new year with an exciting new opportunity. Recently, RIDE launched the $1.625 Million Menu for Success Student Food Truck Initiative Through the grant program, 13 local education agencies will receive […]
THIS WEEK’S MUSE CYNTHIA LAHTI There is something magical about ceramic art. The human action of taking a soft, almost liquid material from the ground, impressing our feelings, personality, and ideas into it, then using intense heat to turn it to stone effectively is a powerful discovery that’s perhaps as close to […]
10th Annual Joe Gouveia Outermost Poetry Contest Now Accepting Submissions Submissions to be judged by poet/novelist Marge Piercy Provincetown, MA, January 6, 2023: In honor of former Cape Cod Poet Laureate Joe Gouveia, WOMR continues an annual tradition to honor his commitment to the poetry community while supporting a great community asset. […]
YWCA Rhode Island is Conducting a Search for a new CEO Long-term leader Deborah L. Perry will step down effective July 31, 2023, in pursuit of a new opportunity PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD – YWCA Rhode Island Board of Directors seeks a Chief Executive Officer to continue building upon the remarkable 155-year […]
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION —John O. Harney Really Going Now … It’s Been a Pleasure It’s packing up the office that makes it feel final … the old, printed editions of Connection and NEJHE, spare neckties for unexpected meetings, manila folders labeled with topics ranging from “Management Education” to “Enrollment Management” […]
EarthTalk® From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine Only time will tell if a 2019 agreement signed by 170 countries to “significantly reduce” their use of plastic by 2030 will hold water. Credit: mali maeder, pexels.com. Dear EarthTalk: Why haven’t the governments of the world come together to ban or limit […]
