PROVIDENCE, RI – Secretary of State Nellie M. Gorbea today unveiled www.rivotes.org, a mobile-optimized website aimed at increasing voter participation among Rhode Islanders between the ages of 18 and 35 – an age group commonly referred to as Millennials. Nationally, Millennials now represent about 31% of the electorate, but turnout among this younger age group […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The State of Rhode Island, the City of Pawtucket, and the Pawtucket Red Sox today announced they have selected architectural design firm Pendulum Studio II, LLC to study McCoy Stadium, the 74-year-old home of the PawSox. The contract – which was awarded upon the unanimous agreement of the State, the City, and […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo will join Rhode Island College President Frank Sánchez, and Chief Innovation Officer Richard Culatta tomorrow to announce a statewide Open Textbook Initiative.The Rhode Island Open Textbook Initiative challenges higher education institutions around the state to move toward openly licensed teaching materials over five years.readmore
LINCOLN, R.I., Sept. 26, 2016 – Amica Insurance has once again received the “Highest Customer Satisfaction Among National Homeowners Insurers” ranking in the J.D. Power 2016 U.S. Home Insurance StudySM. This marks the 15th year in a row that Amica has finished in the top spot. Amica’s score of 864 (on a 1,000-point scale) is […]readmore
Pawtucket – Mayor Donald R. Grebien and Senior Liaison Beth Roberge announced today that the Pawtucket’s Youth to Senior Shoveling Program will begin accepting requests from Pawtucket seniors to be placed on the list to be matched with a snow shoveling volunteer for this winter on October 1st. After another successful season last year matching […]readmore
PROVIDENCE – On Tuesday, September 27th at 9:15 a.m. members of the Providence Public Safety Department – Providence Emergency Management Agency, the Providence Police Department, the Providence Fire Department and the Communications Department will conduct an evacuation drill of City Hall. The primary goal of the drill will be to safely evacuate City Hall in […]readmore
RI – September is National Preparedness month and the Pawtucket/Central Falls (PCF) Emergency Management Agency (EMA), in partnership with the Federal Emergency Mangement Agency’s (FEMA) America’s PrepareAthon Campaign, is promoting the CodeRED emergency notification system. CodeRED is a FREE emergency notification service provided to all residents within Rhode Island that will notify you of emergency […]readmore
PAWTUCKET – Mayor Donald R. Grebien has announced that extended hours of service at City Hall, an initiative to provide greater access to services for residents and businesses, will continue through December of 2016. The extended hours will again be available until 7:00 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month. The increased availability for […]readmore
R I – The North Kingstwon post office has been name in honor of Melvoid Benson a teacher, community leader and former State Representative. Benson was the first black woman to be elected to the Rhode Island legislature. The Melvoid J. Benson is the first post office in Rhode Island name in Honor of an […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Lt. Governor Daniel J. McKee was joined by Governor Gina M. Raimondo, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, General Treasurer Seth Magaziner and Brigadier General Christopher P. Callahan, Adjutant General of Rhode Island and Commanding General of the Rhode Island National Guard for a remembrance ceremony in the Garden of Heroes to honor First […]readmore