Dear EarthTalk: When will those gasoline driven leaf blowers that gardeners use be outlawed? The noise and toxic fumes they emit can???t be good for us.??— Judy, via email Those Those leaf blowers sure can be annoying, just for the noise alone. According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, using a […]
SMALL GAME HUNTING OPENS THIS MONTH ?? Season for pheasant, rabbit, squirrel, woodcock, quail, and fox opens October 20 PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announces that small game hunting season opens this month. The season for pheasant, cottontail rabbit, gray squirrel, bobwhite quail, red and gray fox opens Saturday, […]
Colonial Survival and Modern Revival: Newport in the 1960s Lecture by John R. Tschirch, Visiting Curator of Urban History at the??Newport Historical Society ROUGH POINT Newport, RI ??? The Newport Historical Society and the Newport Restoration Foundation are co-hosting a lecture, Colonial Survival and Modern Revival: Newport in the 1960s by John R. Tschirch, Visiting […]
Rhode Island Post Card Club Annual Post Card Exhibit and Sale October 28, 2018?? The Rhode Island Post Card Club’s Annual post card exhibit and sale will be held from 9 AM to 4 PM on Sunday, October 28, 2018, at the Knights of Columbus located at 15 Bassett Street in North Providence. Please note […]
Museum of Work & Culture Presents an Evening of French Sci-Fi & Fantasy Films?? WOONSOCKET, R.I. ??? The Museum of Work & Culture will host a Flickers??? Vortex Sci-Fi, Fantasy, & Horror Film Festival event on Thursday, October 25, at 7 pm. The Museum will screen a collection of sci-fi and fantasy films from around […]
Governor Raimondo Announces Largest Successful Regulatory Reform Effort in State History GOVERNOR GINA RAIMONDO PROVIDENCE, R.I.??-??Governor Raimondo joined small business leaders to discuss how Rhode Island’s new regulatory system–which won an Innovation Award from the?? National Association of Secretaries of State–is??helping businesses succeed in Rhode Island. Led by the Office of Regulatory Reform, Rhode Island’s […]
Preservation, Recreation and Sport | Call for conference ideas Save the date for Rhode Island’s 34th Annual Statewide Historic Preservation Conference on Saturday, April 6, 2019 . It’s a bit earlier in April! We will explore the architecture and history of leisure in Rhode Island. Our host community is East Providence , a longtime leisure […]
Many people have asked me, because I???m a nurse, about Question 1??and are getting bombarded with a lot of confusing statements. Here is some info that may answer your questions because I want you to be informed to make an educated decision. Nurses, the people that take care of us when we go into a […]
