Museum of Work & Culture Announces New Spring Hours (WOONSOCKET, R.I.) – The Museum of Work & Culture, a division of the Rhode Island Historical Society, is happy to announce new expanded hours beginning Tuesday, May 11. The Museum will now be opened on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 10:00am-4:00pm for visitors. Visitors are […]
Friends of the Ten Mile and Bucklin Brook will be holding an in person meeting next Wednesday, May 5 2021 at the Newman YMCA picnic pavilion beginning at 6:30 PM. We will be going over the past spring events and planning our summer events. Keep in mind that this will be the last meeting until September, so we […]
On Saturday, May 8, there will be a work party at the Nickerson Walking Woods Preserve from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. We will be clearing invasive plants from the meadow. At this work party, we will follow these COVID-19 precautions: — Everyone must wear a mask. — Everyone must maintain a 6-foot distance from […]
EarthTalk® Backyard wind turbines could help us make the transition away from fossil fuels. Credit: Cowrin, FlickrCC. Dear EarthTalk: You see a lot of people putting solar panels on their homes these days, but windmills not so much. Is there any future for small residential wind turbines as we transition to more renewable forms […]
Winners Announced in Pomham Rocks Lighthouse Run More than 200 road race enthusiasts participated in the first annual Pomham Rocks Lighthouse Run on April 24 to benefit the historic light station and museum. Here, the 5K runners take off in the Lighthouse Run. The weather was warm with a slight breeze. People, who had waited […]
Book Club for Kids: Kids Read Across Rhode Island “Becoming Muhammad Ali” By Kwame Alexander and James Patterson Saturday, May 8, 202110:30-11:30 Virtual on Google Meet Young readers are invited to join the virtual Book Club for Kids program hosted by the Pawtucket Children’s Library. This month’s featured book is a Kids Read Across Rhode Island selection: […]
GOVERNOR MCKEE, DEM, PARTNERS MARK ARBOR DAY IN EAST PROVIDENCE WITH AWARDS, TREE PLANTING Governor Dan McKee and the Department of Environmental Management (DEM), in partnership with the Rhode Island Tree Council, National Grid, and the City of East Providence held a special Arbor Day celebration today at Hull Street Park in East Providence. Fifteen evergreen […]
FREE FRESHWATER FISHING DAYS MAY 1 & 2 PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announces that Saturday, May 1, and Sunday, May 2, are Free Fishing Days in Rhode Island. Rhode Islanders and visitors alike can fish in the state’s freshwaters on both days for all species of freshwater fish, without a fishing […]
