Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England Makes Donation to Operation Holiday Cheer WARWICK, RI (November 21, 2023)—Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England (GSSNE) donated over 2,484 containers of nuts to Operation Holiday Cheer! Each September and October, Girl Scouts take orders in person from friends and family for delicious nuts and candy as part of the […]
Schools aim to prevent second-year college stop-outs Kathryn Carley – Commonwealth News Service Colleges nationwide are improving services for students to ensure they stay enrolled after the challenging first two years. Administrators say their focus has long been freshman year and helping students adjust to a higher ed environment but a new effort aims to prevent so-called […]
“When your writing is unselfconscious, when it comes from your heart, that’s when it’s powerful.” SANDRA CISNEROS, WRITER Sandra Cisneros is a writer who explores the lives of ordinary people through poetry and prose. The only daughter in a Mexican-American family of seven children, she grew up in a Chicago neighborhood divided by racial and income […]
Enjoy Christmas at Linden Place Mansion this Holiday Season BRISTOL—From Thanksgiving weekend through Christmas, Linden Place opens its doors for a festive celebration of the season. The many holiday-themed events throughout the month offer visitors a glimpse of the kind of gracious holiday celebrations that have taken place at the mansion. Visitors to the 1810 […]
Lobster Lunch Take-Out Order your lobster lunch today! Order the Lobster Tortilla Wrap or the Traditional Famous Lobster Roll. Both are filled with chunky lobster meat on a thin bed of lettuce (with or without mayo). Alternatively, enjoy a 12 oz container of homemade macaroni and cheese with chunks of lobster meat. Each meal comes […]
New Microlearning:Climate-Smart Agriculture Organic Integrity Learning Center The USDA Organic Integrity Learning Center provides free, on demand, online training to support the professional development and continuing education of people working to protect organic integrity. The National Organic Program (NOP) recently published a new Climate-Smart Agriculture microlearning. It is intended for farmers and other operators who are interested […]
RIPTA Service to Run Holiday Schedule in Observance of Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 23, 2023 RIPTA Offices Will Be closed on Thursday, November 23 Providence, Rhode Island, November 21, 2023 — The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) will operate all fixed-route services on a Sunday/Holiday schedule on Thursday, November 23, 2023, in observance of Thanksgiving […]
Coming up next week from FirstWorks FirstWorks presents a site-specific performance installation, Recursion and Release, commissioned from Boston’s MASARY Studios, to premiere at the historic Grace Church during downtown Providence’s Three Nights of Lights celebration. MASARY’s immersive work explores three environments at the Grace Church campus through an acoustic vocal ensemble, digital audio manipulation, video projection and dynamic […]
