PAWTUCKET, R.I.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–As families worldwide celebrate the holiday season, Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAS) is helping to ensure that children in need experience the joy of the season, too. Today, the company is hosting its third annual Global Day of Joy, a day when Hasbro empowers all 5,000 of its employees to become ‘elves’ and engage in […]Load more...
Governor Gina Raimondo Supports Charitable Event for Local Foster Families
Governor Gina Raimondo with the Director of the Department of Children, Youth and Families and Foster Forward to distribute Hasbro toys to foster families in Rhode Island. Also, present were two players Tommy Cross and Brandon De Fazio of the Providence Bruins and Ocean State Job Lot to help support the event and spread some […]Load more...
Laurelmead Residents Collaborate with RISD/Brown students design health-related products and
PROVIDENCE, RI ( December 15, 2015)- Residents at Laurelmead Senior Living Cooperative attended their second meeting with RISD Industrial Design students and a student from Brown University and reviewed both products and data that help seniors live healthful and productive lives. “ The collaboration between our residents and the students from RISD and Brown has […]Load more...
Chris Hannas December 15, 2015 A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Star Warslaunched into theaters and became a pop culture icon, and the stars of that movie gathered Monday in Los Angeles with a new generation of actors to premiere the first film in the next era of the high-grossing franchise. […]Load more...
Ken Bredemeier December 15, 2015 WASHINGTON—New U.S. political surveys show billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump has gained strength in his race for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination in the days after he called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States.A Washington Post/ABC poll released Tuesday said the flamboyant Trump, with 38 […]Load more...
Pamela Dockins December 15, 2015 MOSCOW—Saying the first two rounds of talks on a political transition in Syria are a “strong beginning,” Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States and Russia have the ability to make a “significant difference” in Syria’s crisis. He commented Tuesday at the start of talks with Russian President […]Load more...
Jurors didn’t believe Philip Chism’s claims of hearing commanding voices that told him to stab 24-year-old Colleen Ritzer to death two years ago in a Danvers High School bathroom. Chism’s defense attorneys had presented an insanity defense, describing him as a severely mentally ill 14-year-old who was in the throes of psychosis when he killed […]Load more...
Providence Elementary School Receives $20,000 ‘Play 60’ Grant from New
PROVIDENCE, RI – Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza joined Patriots Chairman and CEO Robert Kraft, Rhode Island Dairy Farmer Melissa Breene Jordan, and Brandon King of the New England Patriots as George J. West Elementary Schools was awarded a $10,000 ‘Hometown Grant’ in partnership with the NFL and the Rhode Island Dairy Farm Families as well […]Load more...
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 […]Load more...
Maltreatment by parents or other caregivers during early childhood can result in short-term harm and long-term negative outcomes Providence, RI: Rhode Island KIDS COUNT will release its newest Issue Brief – Young Children in the Child Welfare System – at a policy roundtable on Tuesday, December 15, 2015 from 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at […]Load more...