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 …

Classifieds

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 …

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.

Rhode Island

Rhode Island Blood Center workers seek union election over staffing and pay concerns

Justin Madden works as a driver for the Rhode Island Blood Center, helping to set up, operate and take down the mobile blood drives that pop up across the Ocean State. “We have a very important job,” Madden said in a recent phone interview. Madden wishes there were a few more people in his department […]

RI budget and policy director Brian Daniels resigns

After shaping a dozen state budgets across three administrations of different political parties, Rhode Island Management and Budget Director Brian Daniels is hanging up his purple tie. Daniels, who goes by the handle @PurpleTieRI on X, is leaving his post on Dec. 11, according to an Oct. 30 resignation letter sent to Gov. Dan MCKee’s […]

McKee submits names of three more judges to Rhode Island Senate

Gov. Dan McKee delivered three more judicial nominations to Rhode Island Senate leaders Friday afternoon, naming two new Superior Court justices and a chief judge for the District Court. McKee nominated District Court Associate Judge Debra Saunders to become the court’s chief judge and Family Court Magistrate Denise Cassisi Finkelman and employment attorney Carly B. […]

Foulkes launches transition website seeking feedback and staffers

Want to work for Governor-elect Helena Buonanno Foulkes? Or just have your great idea for improving Rhode Island carried out by her administration? Either, or both, are available with a few clicks through separate online submission forms on helenatransition.com, Foulkes’ transition website, unveiled on Thursday. The website and accompanying solicitation for ideas and applications for […]

Election season is done. Holiday season is approaching. And lawmakers still have dozens of big decisions to make.

It’s a new phenomenon for the Legislature to have this much unfinished business this close to the end of the two-year session.

Lessons – and opportunities – from starter home ballot question loss

As Democrats across the country celebrated historic election victories as a mandate to tackle affordability, here in deep-blue Massachusetts voters rejected a tangible solution to one of the biggest drivers of our affordability crisis: housing costs.

Healey move puts abortion law into effect early, relaxing restrictions and teeing up fierce 2028 ballot fight

In the letter announcing the preamble, Healey said the state’s exemptions to its previous restrictions on later abortions have proven “too narrow to account for the full spectrum of high-risk pregnancy complications that can arise later in pregnancy.”

Voters defend gun law, and sponsor says it’s a model for other states

Since the 2024 gun law's passage, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said the county has managed to prosecute 17 people who were making and using ghost guns, as well as nine people who fired into homes while residents were inside.

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