Rhode Island – 5 Estudiantes de escuela primaria y una mujer fueron llevados al hospital luego de que el autobús escolar #41 en el que viajaban chocó con una camioneta de National Grid y un automóvil Los estudiantes de la Escuela Primaria Feinstein de entre 8 y 9 años de edad fueron llevados al Hospital […]readmore
BOSTON – December 28, 2015 – The Baker-Polito Administration today awarded 30 grants totaling $200,000 to Massachusetts farmers to install practices that improve food safety within their operations. Many of the grants will help commercial oyster farmers prevent foodborne illness caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus (Vp). «The Commonwealth’s agricultural industry is growing and consumers have an […]readmore
Students bring Love Your Melon mission to UMass Dartmouth; credited for 148 hats sales with profits to go toward supporting children with cancer In less than a month, sixteen UMass Dartmouth students have been credited with providing 148 hat sales. The profit from those sales will go directly to support children battling cancer. The students […]readmore
Feliz Navidad! Felices Pascuas! Felices Fiestas! 401-942-3881 This year LPR’s year-end pledge drive starts December 14th and it will conclude December 31st with a goal of $30,000. Throughout 2015, LPR’s objective was to serve you and our community. We did that by keeping you and the community informed, empowered and connected by broadcasting the following: […]readmore
As part of our on-going work to reimagine high schools in Rhode Island, beginning in the fall of 2016 our public secondary schools will have the opportunity to expand the advanced-level coursework available to their students through a new initiative, the Advanced Coursework Network. Students in schools and districts that join the network will be […]readmore
The United States is expected to add two species of lions in Africa to its endangered list Monday in a move that will make it more difficult for hunters to bring lion trophies back into the country. The Fish and Wildlife Service, which manages the list, is linking the move to declining populations in the […]readmore
S tudy argues efforts to control parasitic fly may save birds critical to inception of Darwin’s theory of evolution New UMass Dartmouth Biology Assistant Professor Jennifer Koop is a co-author of a new study through the University of Utah , which outlines mathematical simulations showing parasitic flies may spell extinction for Darwin’s finches in the […]readmore
U.S. students are graduating from high school at a higher rate than ever before, according to data released today by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics. The nation’s high school graduation rate hit 82 percent in 2013-14, the highest level since states adopted a new uniform way of calculating graduation rates […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo has appointed Commissioner James E. Purcell, Ph.D. and Naomi R. Thompson, Esq. to the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE). «Education is the ladder to the middle class and here in Rhode Island we need to do everything possible to prepare our young students to compete in […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI – *Providence mayoral candidate and City Council President Michael Solomon unveiled a detailed 10-year vision to rebuild Providence’s neighborhood schools and create 2,000 jobs today. In an eight page plan available on his website<http://www.solomonforpvd.com/mayor/thebigidea/>, Solomon proposes investing $250 million to rebuild the city’s schools over the next 10 years. The plan will create […]readmore