RIPTA Urges Passengers to Sign Up for Service Alerts as Winter Storm Approaches Heavy Snow Could Make Travel Difficult Providence, Rhode Island — As a winter storm is forecast to impact Rhode Island this weekend, the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) is urging passengers to prepare for possible service delays, detours and cancellations by signing […]
Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England Celebrates Cookie Season with 10th Annual Cookies & Cocktails Event! Warwick, RI (January 22)—On March 12, 2026 Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England is celebrating Girl Scout cookies with our delicious annual fundraising event, Cookies & Cocktails! Get ready for a delectable evening celebrating creativity, community, and everyone’s favorite […]
Planting Attleboro’s Pocket Forest Attleboro is taking steps to reduce flood and stormwater damage and increase drought resilience by creating a “Pocket Forest” with a great diversity of tree species that will collaborate to deepen soils that absorb and hold water, many times that of a stand of a single tree species. Volunteers are being […]
THREE EVENTS Tour Tour of “Lee Mingwei: Our Peaceable Kingdom” Saturday, January 24, 20261–2 pm Free with Museum admission Meet in Lancaster Lobby What is peace? Get up close with Lee Mingwei’s ongoing collaborative artwork, Our Peaceable Kingdom, on a guided tour. Delve into the diverse styles and interpretations of more than three dozen artists exploring their […]
RIPTA, Federal, State, and Local Officials Celebrate Opening of New Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center Passenger Facility New amenity building features public restrooms and indoor waiting area Providence, Rhode Island – Governor McKee, members of the State’s Congressional delegation and General Assembly, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), municipal leaders, and the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) gathered […]
CALLING RHODE ISLAND WRITERS! THE LINDEN PLACE WRITERS’ RESIDENCY IS OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS Free Daytime Residency for the creative writers for the month of April BRISTOL, R.I. – The 2026 Linden Place Writers’ Residency (LPWR) is open to submissions. Applications are due by 11:59 PM on February 6, with residents announced by March 1. The […]
Explore The Mayflower Papers in a six-session course uncovering Plymouth Colony and Wampanoag history through eyewitness voices. After the international success of the best-selling Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War (2006), author Nathaniel Philbrick and his father Thomas Philbrick (Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Pittsburgh) collaborated on The Mayflower Papers, an engaging, entertaining, and compact anthology of […]
Secrets and Second Chances with Liz Moore New York Times Bestselling and Award-Winning Author of The God of the Woods and Long Bright River Wednesday, January 28th, 2026, at 7:00 PM EST We are thrilled to welcome Liz Moore to discuss her latest work, The God of the Woods, an instant New York Times bestseller and one of […]
