TRINITY REP RAISES MORE THAN $60,000 for RI COMMUNITY FOOD BANK Second-highest amount raised in thirteen years PROVIDENCE, RI: Trinity Repertory Company is pleased to announce that $60,445.55 was raised for the Rhode Island Community Food Bank from the 2019 A Christmas Carol audiences – the second-highest amount ever raised in the thirteen years donations have been requested. Since […]
Massachusetts Has Best Performing Schools in U.S. NEW YORK, January 21, 2020 — Massachusetts has the best performing schools in America reports financial news website 247wallst.com in a new report identifying the “States with the Best and Worst Schools.” 24/7 ranked states from best performing down to worst on a variety of measures including school funding, academic […]
EarthTalk® From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine In his second term, Donald Trump promises to roll back protections first established under the landmark National Environmental Policy Act in 1970. Credit: Gage Skidmore, FlickrCC Dear EarthTalk: Why are environmentalists so scared of Donald Trump winning a second term? — Jay W., Modesto, CA […]
George Winston: The “Winter Concert” April 7, 8, and 9, at 7:30 pm. George Winston has inspired fans and musicians alike with his singular solo acoustic piano songs for more than 40 years while selling 15 million albums. His classic albums, Autumn and December, are perennial favorites, along with Winter into Spring, Summer, 2017’s Spring Carousel – A […]
Thousands of Rhode Islanders claim over $1 million in Unclaimed Property in twenty-four hours TREASURER SETH MAGAZINER PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Following the announcement by Treasurer Magaziner that his Unclaimed Property division received an additional $23 million in unclaimed property in 2019, thousands of Rhode Islanders visited findrimoney.com and initiated claims for over $1.1 million of their missing […]
How a Boston Teen Changed the Way Teachers Approach Immigration History Laura Rosbrow-Telem-Commonwealth News Service By Anna-Cat Brigida BOSTON — In the summer of 2017, before her senior year of high school, Isabelle Doerre-Torres met Carlos,* a Salvadoran immigrant on the verge of deportation. Doerre-Torres was an intern at a legal rights organization. She soon […]
DEM, URI HOSTING WORKSHOPS THIS WINTER ON THE SPOTTED LANTERNFLY, AN INVASIVE PEST TARGETING PLANTS AND TREES PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM), in partnership with the University of Rhode Island (URI) is holding three public workshops this winter to provide information about the spotted lanternfly, an exotic pest that targets various […]
FEBRUARY Morning Movie Join us Monday February 3rd at 10:30 AM in the Community Room for the Morning Movie. Zak is a young man with Down syndrome residing in a nursing home. Inspired by his favorite professional wrestler, The Salt Water Redneck, Zak sets out to train at a wrestling school. To make his dreams […]
