PAWTUCKET, RI – In an effort to support our nation’s veterans and thank them for their service, U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI) monday delivered almost 4,000 Valentine’s Day cards prepared by Rhode Island school children to veterans at the VA Medical Center in Providence and the Rhode Island Veterans Home in Bristol. “We owe […]readmore
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Please join Navigant Credit Union and Rhode Island Legal Services to our next Business Owners meeting at our NAVIGANT CREDIT UNION BRANCH in Central Falls. In an effort to assist local merchants with their needs, keynote speaker, Elizabeth Segovis, Esq. Director of Training and Supervision – RI Legal Services, will share valuable information. She will […]readmore
Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) and his staff showed their support for Cranston Olympian Marissa Castelli, donning limited edition t-shirts made by Warwick business Elite Screen Printing. A portion of the proceeds of the shirts go to the Castelli family to help defray their travel costs to get to Sochi. “I am so proud that my […]readmore
LPR’s host of Medical Apprentice, Dr. Pablo Rodriguez, interviewed Gretel Terrero who is a 3rd year student at Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University. Miss Terrero discussed the issues of premature labor and answered questions from listeners that called in. “Aprendiz Medico” (Medical Apprentice) is a partnership between Latino Public Radio, Warren Alpert Medical […]readmore
Pawtucket – February is Heart Month. Members of the Cardiovascular Medicine Department at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island wore red on February 7, 2014, along with other employees of the hospital, in honor of the American Heart Association’s 11th Annual National Wear Red Day, raising awareness of the mission to fight heart disease and stroke. […]readmore
Shirley Temple Black, who as a dimpled, precocious and determined little girl in the 1930s sang and tap-danced her way to a height of Hollywood stardom and worldwide fame that no other child has reached, died on Monday night at her home in Woodside, Calif. She was 85. Her publicist, Cheryl Kagan, confirmed her death. […]readmore
Providence – Bonnie Nickerson, Director of Long-Range Planning in the city of Providence’s Department of Planning and Development, will be a featured speaker in a special panel presentation at the 2014 Smart Growth annual conference, this week in Denver, Colorado. The presentation: «What We Did, How We Did It and Why We Are Better For […]readmore
Robert Ricci, 29-year veteran of city government and has served in this capacity for 14 years, named to U.S. Conference of Mayors Workforce Development Council Leadership Providence -Robert L. Ricci, Esq., director of Workforce Solutions of Providence / Cranston and the capital city’s workforce office, has been named to the 2014 Board of Trustees of […]readmore
Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr reunited to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Beatles first appearance on US television in a star-studded show that aired on Sunday. The Beatles, including the late John Lennon and George Harrison, changed music on Feb. 9, 1964 when they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in New York […]readmore
Jennifer Lopez still loves Marc Anthony. Although the heart of the Bronx Diva has been occupied by the handsome dancer Casper Smart for the past three years, the pop star recognizes that she will never forget all the good experiences she had during her five-year marriage to the salsa-father of her children Max and Emme, […]readmore