Wednesday, May 6, 2026

WEALTHY HOUSEHOLDS STAY IN MASSACHUSETTS

Report: Wealthy Households Stay in MA Despite Higher Taxes   Wealth management concept, business man and team analyzing financial statement for planning financial customer case in office.   Kathryn Carley – Commonwealth News Service   Higher tax rates for high-income households in Massachusetts are not causing them to leave the state, according to IRS data in a new […]

PAWTUCKET POLICE BODY-WORN CAMERAS

Pawtucket Police Department Begin Implementing Body-Worn Cameras     PAWTUCKET – On Monday, May 8th, 2023, an estimated thirty-five Pawtucket Police Officers, from all three shifts and the community policing unit, began wearing and operating body-worn cameras.   “I am extremely proud that our department is taking the next step in advancing our public safety department […]

AUDUBON RHODE ISLAND

The Audubon Society of Rhode Island Unveils The State of Our Birds Report Part II: Migration   Western Rhode Island is one of the most important areas in New England for stopover during bird migration.   The Audubon “State of Our Birds Report Part II” begins to pull together the information needed to better understand when […]

EARTHTALK: DESALINATION

EarthTalk®   From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine   Elon Musk thinks we can bring the costs of desalination so low that water shortages will be a thing of the past within decades. Credit: Ignacio Ferre Pérez, FlickrCC.   Dear EarthTalk: Why is Elon Musk so blasé about the world running out […]

USDA: MASSACHUSETTS’ CRANBERRY CROP

  2022 Massachusetts Cranberry Crop Up 31% From Previous Year     CONCORD, NH — Massachusetts 2022 cranberry production totaled 2.26 million barrels in 2022, up 31% from 2021’s production, according to King Whetstone, acting state statistician of the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Northeast Regional Field Office.   Growers harvested 11,600 acres of cranberries, […]

FRIENDS OF THE TEN MILE RIVER WATERSHED

Dodge Cemetery Spruce Up/Flag Replacement   Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 9 AM   Join Friends of the Ten Mile River Watershed for our annual Dodge Cemetery Spruce up and honoring John Dodge JR who fought in the American Civil War.   Meet at the corner of Fisher Ave and South Main Street in Attleboro, […]

NBAM: “EXPLORE YOUR INNER ARTIST”

ART CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS   Drawing The Figure In Space   New Bedford Art Museum offers creative and engaging educational experiences for anyone ready to learn.   Discover our Art Classes and Workshops to explore your inner artist.   DRAWING & PAINTING   Drawing The Figure In Space Fridays: May 12 – June 2 5:30 […]

MA LAWMAKERS WANT TO EXPAND SUPREME COURT

MA Lawmakers Call for Expansion of U.S. Supreme Court     Kathryn Carley – Commonwealth News Service   Massachusetts lawmakers in Congress are calling for an expansion of the U.S. Supreme Court due to what they said are “ethical lapses” and “partisan rulings” by the seated justices.   Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., Sen. Edward Markey, […]