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RI Veterans: Did you know? 06.06.24 (80th DDay, American flag, events…) – John A. Cianci
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Read MoreRon St. Pierre, iconic Rhode Island broadcaster, writer for RINewsToday, has died
RIP Ron St. Pierre
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Health Urgent call by Rhode Island Blood Center for Type O- and B- blood RINewsToday / June 13, 2025 CNAs to be trained at URI in administering medication in state facilities Device developed in Rhode Island a breakthrough in pediatrics – the SMöLTAP® Positioner New report recognizes music’s therapeutic and financial value in Alzheimer’s care –…
Read MoreGovernor McKee Executive Order declares Nursing Home Emergency in Rhode Island
Time stamped at 3:31pm on Friday, December 29th, not to be followed with a press release to the local media, yet covered in the Providence Journal on New Year’s Day, Governor McKee signed into law his 11th Executive Order of 2023. A Declaration of Nursing Home Emergency. The order acknowledges the crisis situation, almost back…
Read MoreVibrant, outdoor socializing space, and a mural, coming in 2024 at Pawtucket’s Senior Center
The Pawtucket Division of Senior Services/Leon Mathieu Senior Center has announced its receipt of a grant from the Harriet Ballou Foundation that will support the Leon Mathieu Senior Center’s (LMSC) Mural and Socialization project to create a vibrant public event space including a mural, for socializing in an underutilized parcel of land adjacent to the…
Read MoreGet your holidays on! 11th annual RI Author Expo – meet local authors, get writing tips, buy books
The 11th Annual Rhode Island Author Expo will be an held at the Crowne Plaza Ballroom in Warwick, Rhode Island from 10am-4pm. This exciting event celebrates the vibrant literary community in Rhode Island. The event is free, with ample parking. Bring your shopping bag! Discover and connect with 100+ local authors, immerse yourself in their…
Read MorePawtucket’s Youth to Senior Snow Shoveling program – sign up NOW
Mayor Donald R. Grebien and the Pawtucket City Council announced that Pawtucket’s Youth to Senior Snow Shoveling Program is now accepting requests from Pawtucket seniors who are aged 65 and over who wish to be placed on a list to be matched with a snow shoveling volunteer for this upcoming winter. Through this program, student…
Read MorePassages – Life and Times of Morris Nathanson
By Herb Weiss and Phyllis Van Orden Nathanson Painter, Illustrator and Restaurant/Hospitality Designer Morris Nathanson’s artist studio is just a stone’s throw away from his childhood home on Japonica Street in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Growing up poor during the depression in his Pleasant View neighborhood, settled by Armenian and Syrian immigrants who worked in the…
Read MoreThe Station Fire. 20 years ago. “41 Signs of Hope” (3 of 4)
(Note: February 20, 2023 marks the 20-year anniversary of the Station Nightclub fire. This article, reviewing Dave Kane’s book, “41 Signs of Hope,” was initially published in the Pawtucket Times on December 20, 2014 and with us, again, in 2017 – we reprint it today – written by RINewsToday contributing writer, Herb Weiss. The tragic, untimely death of a…
Read MoreIt’s been a long time comin’ – The Pawtucket / Central Falls Transit Center
Photo: Gov. McKee office The opening of the Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center took place as the culmination of years of planning and completion of a $63 million design-build project that began four years ago. More than two-thirds of the project cost, approximately $43 million, was paid for with federal funds. Governor Dan McKee and other…
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