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East Providence

The Chorus of East Providence to Hold Open Sing Rehearsals

The Chorus of East Providence will hold their Open Sing rehearsals for the 2026-27 choral year for interested singers. This is an opportunity for anyone with a love for singing to try out singing in …

Rehoboth

Protect Our Town’s Natural Beauty… Before It’s Gone

The woods, fields, wetlands, and quiet roads that make Rehoboth feel like home are disappearing. Since 2011, our town has lost more than 20% of its natural land. Local assessment records show that 1,300 acres of undeveloped land in the past 15 years is now gone.

Seekonk

Osamequin Farm and Country Carpenters Celebrate the Rebuilding of Hickory Grove

SEEKONK, MA — Osamequin Farm and Country Carpenters invite the community to a Grand Opening Celebration on Saturday, September 12, from 4 - 6pm, marking the completion of the Hickory Grove rebuild …

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HELP WANTED

Seekonk Flea Market at the Seekonk Speedway is looking for someone to direct traffic, male preferred, every Sunday between now and December 7th, 7am-12pm, Call Linda at 401-263-5737.

CLEANING SERVICES

CM Cleaning Services Residential/Office:Weekly, biweekly, monthly ,post-construction. Free estimates, good references, affordable rates. Please call/text Marilyn 401-497-8770.

Statement of Interest, Notice of Claim & Acknowledge and Acceptance

https://shorturl.at/MZ6H3 Providence, Rhode Island April 9th See link for details of contact for our registry!

JUNK REMOVAL

BIG BLUE REMOVAL SERVICE: Attic, Cellar, Total House. We take everything! Furniture, Brush, Appliances, Yard Waste, Construction Debris, Trash…Demolition of Fences, Sheds, Decks, Pools. Let us …
Lifestyle

November Kids Activities At East Providence Libraries

Crafternoon Monday, November 2, 3:45pm at Weaver Library Ages 5+ Use a variety of materials to create whatever you can imagine! Materials include construction paper, cardboard tubes, fabric, tissue paper, felt, and more. Follow a theme, or free-style it - it's up to you!

Holiday Food Drive and Tree Lighting

In celebration of Doorways Food Pantry’s 25th anniversary and the spirit of giving this holiday season, the Town of Seekonk is inviting residents, especially our younger residents and students, to …

Seekonk Firefighters & Police Charity Softball Game

The second annual Seekonk Firefighters and Seekonk Police Department charity softball game took place on a chilly October afternoon. Despite the weather, the game was played with great enthusiasm and good fellowship, and a good time was had by all.

Aitken School Bingo Night for Doorways

The Aitken School community kicked off the school year with a family-focused Bingo Night that also featured a food collection for the Doorways Food Pantry. The Aitken PTO has held these events twice a year for the last several years, and the food collected helps support Seekonk households who are facing difficult times in their lives.
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Rhode Island

RI Senate begins judicial nominations process. House hearing on McKee’s Supreme Court pick pending

The Rhode Island Senate returned Thursday for a rare fall session to begin the advice and consent process for eight magistrate nominations and formally read in Gov. Dan McKee’s nominee to the state’s Supreme Court. “As we convene in the Senate chamber, let us once again contemplate our reason for being here,” Sen. John Burke, […]

Third major US offshore wind farm is now fully operational

This story was originally published by Canary Media. Read the original version here. The offshore wind farm Revolution Wind is completely up and running — despite the Trump administration’s repeated and ongoing efforts to halt development of the $6.2 billion project. On Thursday, the Danish energy giant Ørsted said its 704-megawatt wind farm near Connecticut […]

I-195 to close overnight Friday to demolish East Providence bridge

Despite heavy rain in the weather forecast, a stretch of Interstate 195 in East Providence is scheduled to close in both directions overnight Friday as crews demolish the Potter Street Bridge. The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) plans to close I-195 near the Taunton Avenue exit at 10 p.m. Friday, with all lanes expected […]

Rhode Island’s congressional delegation prepares for more influence in Washington

U.S. Rep. Gabe Amo was an 18-year-old field organizer for Sheldon Whitehouse’s first U.S. Senate campaign in 2006 when he celebrated inside Providence’s Biltmore Hotel as Democrats won back both chambers of Congress. Two decades later, Amo returned to the same hotel Tuesday night celebrating another Democratic takeover of Congress — one that will put […]
Massachussetts

A former state lawmaker, Clark now ready to help set US House agenda

Top Democrats agree their agenda will focus on ways to lower costs including reversing Medicaid cuts and opposing tariffs proposed by President Donald Trump.

MWRA pulls largest water transfer request in history after drawing backlash from Quabbin communities

The MWRA’s request landed the agency in even more hot water among Quabbin communities, which mobilized to kill the proposal.

While Democrats are celebrating, pollsters are breathing sighs of relief

The fact that the results broadly matched pre-election surveys has to be heartening for pollsters, an often-beleaguered and much-criticized cohort.

Massachusetts should not settle for half-measures on children’s online safety

Children deserve to get through their most sensitive years before encountering a product built to profit from vice and vulnerability.
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