RACE TO WIN THE ROLE OF FESTIVAL BALLET  PROVIDENCE’S NUTCRACKER DOG TIGHTENS AS AUDITIONS MOVE TO PPAC STAGE WHICH PUP WILL MAKE IT TO THE TOP? More Than Ten Dogs Are Called Back for Final Test on PPAC Stage Who can face the competition? Who can take the stress? WHAT:            Call-back for the final selection of […]

RIDOT EXPANDING PELL BRIDGE RAMP PROJECT THANKS TO FEDERAL GRANT  The addition of $20 million in federal grant money secured by Senator Jack Reed will enable the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) to accelerate work associated with the Pell Bridge Ramp Project – including adding more roadwork connecting to this important interchange and gateway […]

Poetry Foundation Announces 2018 Poetry Incubator Seed Grant Recipients Two emerging poet activists selected from applicants across the United States. CHICAGO— The Poetry Foundation is proud to announce the winners of the 2018 Poetry Incubator Seed Grants. The $2,000 grants made possible by the Mellon Foundation are awarded annually to two members of the Poetry […]

Dear Neighbors and Friends, On December 5th, 2018, State Representative Jim Lyons, arguably the most conservative legislator we have here in the Massachusetts, gave his farewell address to the MA House of Representatives.  You can read it in its entirety by clicking here.           Representative Lyons has faithfully served not only […]

Awkward Holidays & Inappropriate Traditions   A night of essays shared by WOMR hosts Susan Blood and Ira Wood   Provincetown, MA: Local humorists and radio hosts Ira Wood and Susan Blood will read from their work on December 27th at 6:00 at the Left Bank Gallery in Orleans with an evening of essays and […]

4th Annual Rhode Island Christmas Village December 7th – 9th @ 11 AM – 6 PM   Enjoy continuous live music, a wonderful holiday shopping market with over 50 exhibitors and artisans, carolers, food trucks (pending weather), wine and beer tastings, movies for the kids, hot chocolate and cookies. Plus, special visits by Paw Patrol […]

LONGHORNED TICK PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM)  announced that the longhorned tick, an exotic pest from Asia, has been found for the first time in New England. Working in cooperation with the Animal and Plant Health and Inspection Service (APHIS) of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), DEM is asking […]

TELLING THE TRUTH Warwick, RI –   Since the election, Rhode Island has learned some interesting facts. First, the U.S. Department of Commerce reported that for the second quarter of 2018 Rhode Island was tied for the third worst GDP growth rate in the country and had the slowest growth rate in New England. Second, the R.I. […]