Last Tour of Season to Pomham Rocks Lighthouse on September 6     The public will have only one more day this year to visit Pomham Rocks Lighthouse.   The last tours of the season are scheduled for Tuesday, September 6 at 10 a.m. and at 1:30 p.m.   All other tours have sold out. […]

haga clic aquí para español   Dear Neighbor –      The early primary voting period has begun! This year, registered Providence voters can vote early at the City’s Joseph A. Doorley, Jr. Municipal Building at 444 Westminster Street. Voters may enter the building on Greene Street on Monday – Friday from 8:30AM–4:30PM. In accordance with […]

Fall Paving to Begin in September   Approximately 80% of Roads Repaved Since 2011     Pawtucket – Mayor Donald R. Grebien and the Pawtucket City Council have announced that fall paving will begin in September. After completing 4.5 miles in the spring, the City will be repaving 1.87 miles in the Fall of 2022, bringing […]

USS COWPENS   NICHOLAS MEDICO   By Ensign Brittany Crocker, Navy Office of Community Outreach   SAN DIEGO – A native of West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, is serving in the U.S. Navy aboard the guided-missile cruiser, USS Cowpens. Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicholas Medico, a 2019 Westbridge Water Middle-Senior High School graduate, joined the Navy almost […]

EarthTalk®   From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine   We have already lost upwards of a third of the topsoil that once blanketed the fertile American Midwest. Credit: Muffin Creatives, pexels   Dear EarthTalk: Is there any way to counter the epidemic of topsoil erosion that is plaguing farmers here in the […]

BLOCK PARTIES TO BE REMEMBERED  BY DON DOUCETTE     News from the upper Ten Mile River Watershed this week indicating the planned 2nd Annual North Attleborough Block Party, Wednesday, September 21 at 5PM.   This is good.   Brings to mind a much different unintended block party atmosphere in North Attleborough some decades ago […]

SATURDAY NIGHT “TAKE OUT”     September 17 – 5:30 pm   Saturday Night “Take-Out” at Centenary United Methodist Church   Located at 15 Sanford St across from the YMCA in downtown Attleboro   This month we will be preparing homemade meatballs with pasta, Italian bread, tossed salad and dessert.   Adults $12. Kids under […]

In MA, Green Jobs Abound for Home Energy Upgrades   Checking refrigerant charge on a heat pump, wearing a safety mask and glasses  Mike Moen – Commonwealth News Service   When it comes to “green jobs,” installing solar panels and building wind turbines are often mentioned, and community action agencies in Massachusetts said the field […]