Friday, June 26, 2026

QUENTIN PALFREY CONSIDERS RUN FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL

Quentin Palfrey, former Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, exploring a bid for Mass. attorney general Quentin Palfrey, Massachusetts Democrats’ 2018 nominee for lieutenant governor and an attorney who has served in the Biden administration, is forming an exploratory committee for a 2022 attorney general bid, he said Monday.   Palfrey, who worked until recently as […]

“MASK UP” IN SCHOOL

MA Educators Welcome CDC Guidance to ‘Mask Up’ in School By Lily Bohlke – Commonwealth News Service BOSTON – Educators’ unions are calling on the state to support their efforts to ensure in-person learning in the fall keeps students, teachers, families and staff safe.   With the Delta variant making its way through the nation, the […]

PLAINVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY The Friends of the Plainville Public Library’s August Book Sales will consist of Non-Fiction genres and will be held during normal library hours in the conference room. Prices are .50 for mass-market and $1 for trade/hardcover cash only.   August 9-13 – Diet/Health, Men & Women’s Issues/Parenting, Education/Reference & Dictionaries/Foreign Language   August 23-27 […]

OP ED: ANTIBIOTIC DEVELOPMENT

Antibiotic Development: Subscribing to New Ideas By Francesca Tomasi, Kevin Ma, and Megan McCurry With multiple highly effective vaccines against COVID-19, we have begun to round a corner on the current pandemic. But another crisis looms. Bacteria and fungi are mutating to resist our current antibiotics. Soon, the world may have no effective antibiotics left […]

LTE: WIFFLEMAN -SILENT AUCTION

Hey folks,    If you are out and about and looking for some great Silent Auction prizes to benefit Juvenile Arthritis swing by Pawtucket Country Club Monday Night Aug 2nd around 6:PM. Can’t make it and you would like to place a bid either text/call or email me. ASAP and I will put your bid […]

EARTHTALK: ANALYTICS AND CONSERVATION

EarthTalk® From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine   Dear EarthTalk: How is Artificial Intelligence being used for conservation?  — Katy P., Chevy Chase, MD You would never think that computers and Artificial Intelligence (AI) could help humans save nature, but in fact these tools may be key to whether or not we […]

GALERY 175 – PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND

Gallery 175 Reopens with Prints by Joan Hausrath ICELAND On exhibit in the newly reopened Gallery 175 at 175 Main Street in Pawtucket are prints by local artist, Joan Hausrath. Titled Looking Back, the exhibition displays prints from several series of the artist’s work created over the past twenty years.  The exhibit runs through September 30, […]

“THANK YOU” NEW BEDFORD ARTS MUSEUM

THE SECRET GARDEN Thank you to all our supporters for joining us this month at the Finding the Secret Garden Party events! Your attendance at special events like this one reminds us of how wonderful our arts community is.⁠  Weren’t able to attend, but still want to experience the Garden Party and support our summer […]