VOA/Kane Farabaugh MISHAWAKA, INDIANA — The saws, the sanding, the hammering. The constant sounds of construction are music to the ears of country music star Garth Brooks. “That sound you are hearing right there, that’s love,” he said, competing to have his voice heard over the ever-increasing buzz of activity that surrounds him on this construction […]Load more...
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Local leaders and Advocates Praise Raimondo, Wagner’s Actions to Prohibit
PROVIDENCE, RI– This morning, Governor Gina M. Raimondo took executive and procedural action to ban all firearms from public PK-12 school buildings and grounds, except those carried by law enforcement officers. This decision came in response to uncertainty among education leaders and community stakeholders, and a lack of consistent practice across district lines. Here’s what […]Load more...
Education Commissioner issues binding Field Memo Alert to school districts asserting students’ right to schools that are «free from the threat of physical harm« PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Gina M. Raimondo has taken executive and procedural action to ban all firearms, except those carried by law enforcement officers, from public PK-12 school buildings and school grounds. […]Load more...
(Warwick, RI) – Rhode Island independent candidate for governor Joe Trillo says Governor Gina Raimondo is potentially putting children’s lives at risk with today’s immediate and binding directive regarding limiting guns on Rhode Island school grounds. “Governor Raimondo and RIDE Commissioner Ken Wagner’s directive to only permit active and visibly identifiable law enforcement personnel to […]Load more...
WOONSOCKET, RI: The City is readying to install a standing flashing light device designed to alert upper Main Street drivers to slow, yield and stop in advance of a crosswalk located directly in front of Hanora Lippitt Manor, 1 Main Street. The four foot tall, stationary unit will be installed during a press briefing scheduled […]Load more...
Rhode Islanders are ready for change and new leadership. Judge Flanders will advocate for the issues that matter to Rhode Islanders: affordable health care, jobs, immigration, education, and fixing our roads and bridges. Sen. Whitehouse has failed hard-working Rhode Island families for twelve years. The ad is running on network and cable TV through September, […]Load more...
Day-long event features competitive rowing with cash prizes to be awarded, popular dumpling eating contest, and Asian festival on the pier with live cultural entertainment and more! PAWTUCKET (August 28, 2018) – The 19th Annual Rhode Island Chinese Dragon Boat Races & Taiwan Day Festival is set for Saturday, September 8, 2018 from 9 am-4 […]Load more...
Public-private partnership with Twin River makes project possible Long-awaited traffic improvements at the intersection of William S. Canning Boulevard and Stafford Road in Tiverton were unveiled today as Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Director Peter Alviti Jr. joined with state and local officials to mark the dedication of a new roundabout there. The roundabout […]Load more...
Bristol and Newport fire departments win new port security grants WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced a total of $309,125 in two Port Security Grant Program (PSGP) investments for the towns of Bristol and Newport that will help their fire departments expand […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE, RI (August 28, 2018)—The eastern half of the country is baking under hot and humid weather with heat advisories posted and many schools closing due to the hot weather. While temperatures will drop for a few days later this week, the hot weather is predicted to return in that first week of September. The […]Load more...