Posts Tagged ‘back to school’
Ocean State Job Lot customers donate backpacks to 30,000 children in need
Ocean State Job Lot Customers Donate 30,000 Backpacks to Children in Need Throughout the Region “Buy-Give-Get” program allows OSJL customers the opportunity to help families throughout the Northeast prior to the start of the 2021-2022 school year The Ocean State Job Lot (OSJL), the region’s premier discount retail chain with 146 stores throughout the Northeast,…
Read MoreIn the Arena – with Dr. Angelica Infante-Green
Each week Joe Paolino, Jr. interviews people of interest on his program, “In The Arena”. The show airs at 7am on Sundays on ABC6. This week his guest is RI Education Commissioner – Dr. Angelica Infante-Green They school opening in Rhode Island – and in Providence, in particular. Included topics are mask-wearing, COVID-19 protection measures,…
Read MoreYour Coronavirus Update – July 1, 2021
RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY The top weekly unemployment insurance payment will increase $62 to $661 per beneficiary for claims effective July 4, the Department of Labor and Training said in a news release. Theatre by the Sea will open for performances starting on July 9th. Vermont becomes the first state to reach 80% vaccination. Pawtucket and Central Falls…
Read MoreWarwick’s back-to-school plan – late and incomplete
This week over 540 Kindergarteners will put their toes back into the water and start in-person school in newly cleaned and air circulating schools in Warwick. Wednesday, October 14th, you can expect the buses to roll, with half the kindergarteners – the other half going back on October 15th. Going in-person is still the option…
Read MoreYour Coronvirus Update – Today, Sept. 15, 2020
Photo: RI Governor Gina Raimondo greeting children in Providence on the first day of school (Governor’s Twitter post) NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL Long Island restaurants that would normally be packing up for the season are expanding with outdoor seating, outdoor heaters, and promotions. Simon, Brookfield buys J.C. Penney out of bankruptcy An attorney for many of…
Read MoreIn the Arena – Paolino talks Charter Schools
Each week Joe Paolino, Jr. interviews people of interest on his program, “In The Arena”. The show airs at 7am on Sundays on ABC6. Today, Paolino talks with Dr. Robert Pilkington: Pilkington is the Supt/Founder of the Village Green Virtual & Charette Charter School in Providence. They talk about education and return to school in…
Read MoreYour Coronavirus Update – Today, Sept. 12, 2020
Photo: St. Raphael Academy, Pawtucket (Diocese of Providence photo) NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL 9,864 people tested positive for in England between 27 August and 2 September, which is an increase of 43% on the previous week. Amazon set to hire 33,000 workers Teachers in at least three states have died after bouts with the coronavirus since…
Read MoreProvidence College students: “What Happens Next Is up to Us”
by The Cowl Editorial Board, 2020-2021 Friars hold doors is a refrain commonly heard on the Providence College campus. Obviously, and as so many of us know from experience, it refers to the way that members of the PC community always seem so eager to hold the door for one another, even if it means…
Read MoreRI Coronavirus Update – Today, September 3, 2020
Photo: A post-coronavirus preparedness classroom in Providence NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL The CDC has issued official alert to Governors of states to be prepared to distribute vaccines in their states as early as November. US govt has put a ban on evictions through end of 2020 – applies only to tenants who have had trouble paying…
Read MoreURI Campus Fire Safety Tips: Dorms, Houses.
Union Fire District of South Kingstown Offers Fire Safety Tips as University of Rhode Island Students Resume Classes As University of Rhode Island students return to campus and off-campus housing, Chief Steven Pinch of the Union Fire District, Chief Nate Barrington of the Kingston Fire District, and URI Assistant Director of Public Safety Samuel Adams would…
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