RIDE Awards $2.92 million for Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Center Grants The Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) is pleased to announce $2.92 million in annual grant awards to provide students with high-quality after-school and summer learning programs. This program is federally funded through the Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Center grant (Title IV, Part B). […]
DEMOLITION, SUNNY OPEN SPACE AND NATURE BY DON DOUCETTE Not too many years ago, I observed the demolition of the Swank factory building which was once located in Attleboro on O’Neil Boulevard or nostalgically known by locals as “The Speedway.” I traveled yesterday to Sturdy Memorial Hospital for health care and noticed the […]
THIS WEEK’S MUSE JANET FISH JANET FISHER “I feel as though I haven’t seen an object until I actually start painting it.” Janet Fish is an American Realist artist. Through oil painting, lithography, and screen-printing, she explores the interaction of light with everyday objects, often using transparency and reflected light as the central devices in her work. […]
New Guard at University of Southern Maine, Two Maine Community Colleges Posted May 17, 2022 By John O. Harney Comings and Goings … JACQUELINE EDMONSON The University of Maine System selected Jacqueline Edmonson, the currrent chancellor and chief academic officer at Penn State Greater Allegheny, a mostly commuter college near Pittsburgh, as the 18th president […]
For too long… A statement in response to Buffalo, NY For too long, racial hatred has been a monster lurking at our door. Over 400 years of history, hatred and violence have been directed toward America’s Black communities. For too long, the response to racially motivated shootings and mass murders has been thoughts and prayers, not action. […]
EarthTalk® From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine An expanding lithium mine in Arizona is threatening the Hualapai tribe’s cultural and historic sites. Credit: Richard Martin, FlickrCC. Dear EarthTalk: Why is lithium mining so bad for the environment? — Jane B., Atlanta, GA Lithium is called “white gold” for good reason: the […]
Hiroya Tsukamoto Concert & Workshop June 12th 2:00 PM $20 Guitar Workshop (11:00 AM) & Concert $40 Limited spaces available for workshop; please bring your own instrument. We are pleased to welcome Hiroya Tsukamoto back to the Meeting House! Hiroya is a guitarist and composer originally from Kyoto, Japan. Blending world music, jazz and folk, Tsukamoto has […]
Single-Payer Healthcare: The Wrong Prescription By Janet Trautwein Legislators in several states are taking up the charge for “Medicare for All.” In California, Democrats call for “a universal, single-payer healthcare system” as part of their party platform. A bid to install such a system failed in the California Assembly at the end of January, […]
