Pension Fund earns $323 million in January, outperforming investment benchmarks over multiple time periods PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island’s pension fund earned $323 million from investments in the month of January, a 4.14 percent return that finished ahead of the fund’s benchmark which returned 3.60 percent. The positive performance was driven by the investments in the […]
AHS Project Unite partners with the Law Enforcement Torch Run to host the 2nd annual Polar Plunge to benefit Special Olympics on March 16th Attleboro, MA – On Saturday March 16, 2019 the Attleboro High School “Project Unite” (students from Attleboro HS, Bishop Feehan HS, and North Attleboro HS) along with the Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch […]
MARCH 2019 ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN @ EAST PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARIES Follow this link to add your email to our newsletter list! ROBOTICS FOR KIDS @WEAVER LIBRARY Wednesdays, March 6, 13, 20, 3:30-4:30 Grades 2-4 Use a block-based coding language to create detailed behavior for our Dash Robots. Work together to explore the robots’ lights, sounds, […]
Historical Reenactor Explores Assassination of Lincoln in Free Talk (WOONSOCKET, R.I.) – The Museum of Work & Culture will offer the final installment of its 2018 Valley Talks, a series of free lectures, on Sunday, March 10, at 1:30 pm. In 1864, the Eastern and Western theaters of the Civil War were very active. […]
Raimondo Inaugural Committee Makes $50,000 Donation to RI Community Food Bank PROVIDENCE, RI- Governor Gina M. Raimondo announced that her 2019 Inaugural Committee raised a total of $50,000 to benefit the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. This donation will help provide food assistance to more than 53,000 Rhode Islanders who rely on the Food Bank […]
LISTENING SESSIONS IN NARRAGANSETT, BRISTOL WILL OFFER PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON IMPROVING RI’S STATE PARKS SYSTEM Next session will take place Thursday, Feb. 28, at Narragansett Community Center The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) will host the last two in a series of community listening sessions to solicit ideas on how to […]
City Disappointed in Unnecessary Fire Union Actions Fire Union’s Actions Against the City Has Cost Taxpayers $270,000 in Legal Fees PAWTUCKET – It is unfortunate and disappointing that the Fire Union Local 1261 would conduct themselves in this manner and try to mislead the residents. The Fire Union filed the original demand for arbitration, not […]
AUREA ENSEMBLE PRESENTS: Secret Signs: Music of Shostakovich, Auerbach & Zaretsky, with Words of Blok, Anna Akhmatova, Marina Tsvetaeva, Nabokov & others Secret Signs is inspired by the courage, irony, secrecy and persistent romanticism of the 20th century Russian artistic sensibility. At the center of the program is the ever- enigmatic Dmitry Shostakovich, with his enormous artistic resonance. […]
