JUDGE MCBURNEY ELECTED PROBATE JUDGES ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT PAWTUCKET, RI — Long-time Pawtucket probate court judge Cristine L. McBurney has a new job. In addition to being a full-time attorney and probate judge in Pawtucket, she is the newly elected president of the Rhode Island Probate Judges Association. As president, Judge McBurney will […]
Swearing-in and Inaugural Celebration – January 2, 2023 Dear Neighbors and Friends I want to take this moment to thank each and every one of you for placing your trust in me as your next mayor. Words cannot describe how grateful I am for your support along the way. I’m reaching out to invite […]
RI Delegation Announces $1.25 Million for Resiliency Upgrades Along Woonasquatucket River City of Providence and Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council receive grants from Whitehouse-created National Coastal Resilience Fund Providence, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced that the City of Providence and the […]
It’s Official! Quonset Business Park Marks 13,000 Jobs Milestone The Quonset Development Corporation celebrated its 13,000th job at the Business Park yesterday. Gov. Dan McKee, Sen. Jack Reed and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse joined state and local officials to mark the major milestone both for Rhode Island and Quonset during an event at […]
BROWN UNIVERSITY WINTON BELL GALLERY Closing soon! Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration Closing soon! On view through December 18, 2022 Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration explores the impact of the US prison system on contemporary […]
Deborah L. Perry to Step Down as YWCA Rhode Island CEO Search Underway for Successor YWCA Rhode Island announced today that Deborah L. Perry, after 24 years, will step down from the role as President and CEO effective July 31, 2023. Perry is the youngest CEO in the local non-profit’s history and was […]
Audubon Society of Rhode Island Tuesday, November 22, 2022—Jeff Hall, Executive Director, Rhode Island Audubon Society, at Powder Mill Ledges Wildlife Refuge. Glenn Osmundson Jeffrey C. Hall to Lead Audubon The Audubon Society of Rhode Island Board of Directors named Jeffrey C. Hall as the new Executive Director of the organization on November 10, […]
Harvard’s ‘Hair Collection’ Triggers Demand for Legislative Action Kathryn Carley – Commonwealth News Service Indigenous activists in the Commonwealth are calling on state lawmakers to pass legislation to strengthen protections for Native American remains. The outcry follows an announcement from Harvard’s Peabody Museum that it has hair samples from indigenous people […]
