The final 36 hours of Leg 8 will be decisive with the teams set to choose their final approach line into the finish in Newport, Rhode Island.. Team Brunel continue to hold the lead although Bouwe Bekking’s team have an advantage of less than nine miles on second-placed Dongfeng Race Team. What’s more, the top […]Load more...
Pawtucket, RI – It is with great pleasure that Blackstone Valley Community Health Care (BVCHC) hoisted the last piece of steel onto the Central Falls Neighborhood Health Station Monday, April 23rd during the official “topping off ceremony”. The ceremony was punctuated with comments from BVCHC’s Executive Director, Raymond Lavoie, Sr. Population Health & Clinical Services […]Load more...
(Warwick, RI) – Independent candidate for Rhode Island governor JoeTrillo is outraged that a man found guilty of abusing over 100 animals received a penalty of only $200.00. Recently, 59 year old Carlos Alves of Exeter, was convicted of animal cruelty for keeping over 100 animals on his property in deplorable condition, including starving dogs […]Load more...
WARWICK, RI – On Saturday, April 28, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse will host a U.S. Military Service Academy Day for high school students from schools across Rhode Island. The event will run from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) in Warwick. This informational seminar is […]Load more...
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) decision to release approximately $609.43 million to states through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) means an additional $4.5 million will be made available to Rhode Island. This funding, in addition to the […]Load more...
Providence, RI —TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®, and the Arbor Day Foundation announced that the City of Providence Department of Parks and Recreation will receive a $20,000 grant from TD Green Streets to support innovative urban greening and tree-planting projects along Huntington Avenue. The grant is being managed by the Forestry Division in partnership […]Load more...
Voz de América Tres personas fallecieron el jueves en manifestaciones a favor y en contra de una polémica reforma de la Ley del Seguro Social en Nicaragua. El segundo día de protestas dejó heridos y detenidos así como la censura de cinco canales independientes que retransmitieron los incidentes violentos. La Policía Nacional reportó la muerte […]Load more...
VOA News/Steve Baragona WASHINGTON — The United Kingdom is proposing a ban on disposable plastic straws. With Earth Day coming up this Sunday, advocates are asking everyone to follow suit and skip the straw. Straws and stirrers are among the top 10 items found in coastal cleanups worldwide, according to the nonprofit Ocean Conservancy, which has […]Load more...
Aline Barros/VOA News The number of undocumented people taking refuge in places of worship across the United States has increased six-fold in the past 15 months. Nationwide, there are now at least 42 people trying to avoid deportation by living in sanctuary in 28 U.S. cities. “We didn’t see the numbers go up […]Load more...
VOA News/Gianpaolo Pietri/Wayne Lee SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO — Eighty-percent of the more than 1.3 million customers who were left without electricity in Puerto Rico have had power restored, the U.S. territory’s power company said Thursday. The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) said power would be restored to the remaining 326,000 customers by […]Load more...
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