Grants are fully funded with proceeds from the state’s Opioid Settlement Agreement The McKee Administration’s Executive Office of Health and Human Services and the Rhode Island Foundation announced $3.25 million in grant funding to 15 nonprofit organizations, including the Woonsocket Prevention Coalition, to address opioid use, treatment and prevention. “The grants are fully funded with […]Read More
STATE HOUSE — After years of virtual programs, Rep. Grace Diaz (D-Dist. 11, Providence) and Sen. Alana DiMario (D-Dist. 36, North Kingstown, Narragansett, New Shoreham), co-chairwomen of the Permanent Legislative Commission on Child Care, celebrated Child Care Awareness and Early Care and Education Advocacy Day at the State House Tuesday. Child Care Day is an […]Read More
Air Quality Awareness Week is May 1–5, 2023 BOSTON – With the onset of warmer weather, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) urges New Englanders to be aware of the increased risk of ground-level ozone and fine particle air pollution (often referred to as smog, when combined), and to take health precautions when smog levels […]Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (April 29, 2023) — TODAY, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., American Red Cross volunteers, partners, city officials and community members teamed up to install FREE smoke alarms for local families during a Sound the Alarm event in Central Falls and Pawtucket. Two minutes may be all a person has to safely escape a home fire. Working smoke alarms help save […]Read More
PROVIDENCE, RI – On Saturday, April 29, Mayor P. Brett Smiley will join Providence Public Schools Superintendent Javier Montañez in welcoming Providence students, youth, family, and community members to the Summer Opportunities Fair happening at the Providence Career and Technical Academy starting at 10 am. Families will be able to learn more and sign up […]Read More
EAST PROVIDENCE, RI – The East Providence Public Safety Communications Center, a state-of-the-art space, opened at its new location on April 10, 2023 and celebrated its opening during a ribbon cutting on April 26, 2023 with local, state and federal officials. The opening comes after the site remained vacant for 20 years. The site […]Read More
PAWTUCKET – Major construction to the Pawtucket Fire Station 1, located at 394 West Ave., is set to begin within the next month. Station 1 closed in 2017 due to dangerously high levels of mold, posing an unsafe environment for firefighters. “Improving the facilities that our public safety officials operate in is crucial to the […]Read More
Bills to be heard tonight before House Committee on Judiciary PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha, alongside legislative partners, today announced a package of bills aimed at drastically reducing childhood lead poisoning in Rhode Island. The three proposed bills mark a crucial step in eradicating childhood lead poisoning by ensuring compliance with existing laws. […]Read More
National discount retailer faces $770K in penalties after latest inspections PROVIDENCE, RI – Dollar Tree Stores Inc.’s failure to provide safe work conditions at two Rhode Island stores – violations of U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards – exposed employees to serious risks and injuries. The discount retail giant faces a total of $770,136 in […]Read More
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island will open a Your Blue Store in Narragansett, its fifth store in Rhode Island providing convenient, in-person service PROVIDENCE, RI —A new Your Blue Store is coming to South County, making it the fifth Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) store in Rhode Island and once […]Read More
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