Gov. Raimondo Makes a Half Million Masks Available to Small Businesses – With Help from QDC’s Steven King The State of Rhode Island will distribute a half-million masks to small businesses to help them safely re-open and operate, Gov. Gina Raimondo announced recently.  Quonset Development Corporation (QDC) Managing Director Steven King played a key role in making this […]

PAWTUCKET PARKS & RECREATION SUMMER YOUTH TENNIS CAMP   Online registrations have started for the annual Slater Park Youth Tennis Camp, sponsored by the Pawtucket Parks & Recreation Division.  For those without computer access, an in-person registration will take place at the Slater Park Pavilion on Saturday, June 13 from 10 am – 12 pm […]

Reopening Begins at the NHS Newport History Tours return in downtown Newport Colony House open on Fridays & Saturdays Museum Shop open by appointment Newport, RI – June 2020 – The Newport Historical Society is pleased to announce the return of its walking tour program, Newport History Tours (NHT), in a new format that follows RI’s social […]

BOSTON, MA — The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 103, the region’s largest electrical workers union, and the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) of Greater Boston, donated $50,000 to the Boston Resiliency Fund,the initiative Mayor Martin J. Walsh is spearheading to support the City’s residents, and first responders, through the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund was […]

 “Tales of the Slave Trade” Walking Tours are Back at Linden Place Mansion Linden Place Museum will host a walking tour of Linden Place Mansion and downtown Bristol, focused specifically on Bristol’s DeWolf Family and their involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. The DeWolf family, Bristol’s premier family in the 18th and early 19th centuries, was once […]

FirstWorks & PVDFest present Requiem for the Living, In Color by Carlos Andres Toro and Daniel Bernard Roumain  Premiere work, originally commissioned for PVDFest, debuts on FirstWorks Virtual Stage via Facebook Live on Friday, June 12 at 7 PM DANIEL BERNARD ROUMAIN Responding to the realities of creating as people of color during these extraordinary times, Providence-based multimedia […]

SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2020 Angelcat Haven Feline Rescue is hosting our semi-annual deposit cans and bottles drive on Saturday June 13, 2020, from 8:00am to 2:00pm at Desco 36 Bacon Square, Plainville, MA. Drop off any redeemable cans and bottles to help support Angelcat Haven. We are also collecting used ink cartridges. All cans and […]

INVASIVE BUSTERS BY DON DOUCETTE JASON KULL Our local forests and neighborhood margins are under constant attack by a variety of invasive plants and trees. The attack is silent as our native natural green community is overcome by the snarl and tangle of green invasive plants. This green-on-green battle is persistently at hand and requires […]