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Get Your Holidays On! 12th Annual Rhode Island Authors Expo
The 12th Annual Rhode Island Authors Expo is less than a week away! The Expo is on Saturday, December 7th from 10:00 to 4:00 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Warwick, RI. This FREE event will feature 100+ local authors and their books, panels & presentations, a Writers Resource Area, wonderful raffle prizes, ARIA Anthology sales, a Cardi’s Kaffeeklatsch area, and even a visit from Santa!…
Read MoreOut and About in RI: It takes a village to assemble and distribute “Turkey Baskets” in Pawtucket
by Herb Weiss, contributing writer Pawtucket First Lady Laureen Grebien and over 125 volunteers from local companies, banks, civic groups, and even students from local schools, assembled over 900 boxes (turkey baskets) to be given to low-income Pawtucket residents. These baskets, including Thanksgiving fixings, bread and turkey, are being distributed Monday, Nov. 25th at the former Apex…
Read MoreReimagining of Pawtucket’s mills quickly takes a new spin – view “Dawn”, the documentary
Dawn is a documentary that explores the re-imagination of Pawtucket’s industrial landscape to grapple with the effects of declining industry through the relationship between artists and forgotten mills. The documentary takes a look at the past 25 years of mill development in the City of Pawtucket. The film won 1st prize in the New England Film…
Read MoreOut and About in RI: RI Minority Elder Task Force Everyday Heroes Celebration
Photos: Janette Conway, Susan Sweet, Herb Weiss The Everyday Heroes Celebration was held on October 6th to a packed crowd as awards were made to: Dwight Rockett, Domingas Moreira, Herb Weiss, Vivian Graham and St. Martin de Porres Center. Here are some photos from the RI Minority Elder Task Force event: ___ A special congrats…
Read MorePawtucket seniors: Sign up now for Youth to Senior Snow Shoveling Program
Pawtucket’s Youth to Senior Shoveling Program is now accepting requests from Pawtucket seniors, aged 65+ who wish to be placed on a list to be matched with a snow shoveling volunteer for the upcoming winter. Don’t wait until the first flakes fall to think about snow removal. Through this program, student volunteers donate their time…
Read MoreOut and About in RI: Senior Agenda Coalition conference annual big turnout
It’s not just social events that we celebrate with our “Out and About in RI” feature. Here, the 16th Annual SACRI Conference and Expo – with the theme “A Bridge to a Secure Future” – which was held yesterday brings together Rhode Islanders and leadership with a joint spirit of positive aging. Thank you to…
Read MoreOut and about in RI: Pawtucket Arts Festival’s Slater Park tradition of fun for all ages. Photos.
The Pawtucket Arts Festival and Slater Park Fall Festival was as success as the beautiful weather this past weekend! Here, courtesy RINewsToday writer, Herb Weiss, are some photos of the events this past weekend from the Slater Park event – complete with vendors, activities, a car show, entertainment, the Philharmonic Pops concert – and topped…
Read MoreRI 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
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