BOSTON – November 10, 2016 – Effective sunrise on Monday, November 14, 2016, the Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) will reopen all approved and conditionally approved shellfish areas in the Town of Wellfleet which were closed on October 13, 2016 as a result of a Norovirus outbreak linked to shellfish harvested from the area. Federal […]readmore
Cranston – Early Thursday evening Senator Reed visited Education (CTE) Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) program at the Cranston Career and Tech Center. He went to learn about the program, which is held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 to 8:30, from Gayle Dzekevich, Director of Adult and Vocational Education for the Cranston Public Schools. As […]readmore
Families Invited to Help Create Literacy Kits for Local Children in Need PROVIDENCE, RI— Learning to read is important to a child’s future success. Sadly, 54% of Providence’s fourth graders read below grade level and 1 in 4 children in the U.S. will grow up not knowing how to read at all. United Way of […]readmore
Initiative uses single-occupancy restrooms to expand access and strengthen commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion In a continuing effort to extend its commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion, UMass Dartmouth has converted more than 62 single-occupancy restrooms to all-gender restrooms.The restrooms are located in all but two campus buildings. Eighty percent of the all-gender bathrooms […]readmore
CRANSTON, R.I. – Life Care at Home of Rhode Island today announced that it has been named to the top 500 of the 2016 HomeCare Elite®, a recognition of the top-performing home health agencies in the United States. For more than ten years, HomeCare Elite has annually identified the top 25 percent of agencies and […]readmore
Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, the next regularly scheduled City Council meeting is being moved up one day. The Council meeting will be held on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. The Board of License Commissioners meeting is also scheduled for November 22, 2016, at 6:45 p.m. If anyone has any questions, they should […]readmore
WASHINGTON— U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will host more than 40 Veterans Day-themed naturalization ceremonies across the country this year, where veterans, service members and military spouses will become America’s newest citizens. More than 7,500 people will take the Oath of Allegiance in these ceremonies that honor the sacrifices military members and their families made […]readmore
BOSTON – The New Bedford Industrial Pretreatment Program in New Bedford, Mass. was recently selected by EPA for a 2016 Regional Industrial Pretreatment Program Excellence Award. The pretreatment program staff of New Bedford, led by Wayne Perry, Industrial Pretreatment Program Engineer, under the supervision of Jamie Ponte, Wastewater Superintendent, was recognized by EPA’s New England […]readmore
Providence – Today, Senator Reed, Senator Whitehouse, Congressman Cicilline and Congressman Langevin joined local WWII veterans and state leaders at a ceremony luncheon at the Providence VA Medical Center. The event program included a Posting of the Colors, opening and closing of a Missing Man Table, and a Retiring of the Colors by Hope High […]readmore
Here’s the full text of the open letter: It is with great dismay and sadness that we write this. Speaker Mattiello, your recent mailing hurt us by appealing to the ugliest fears and emotions simmering all too close to the surface. Using demeaning language for people who live in our communities does nothing to advance […]readmore