All Pawtucket All The Time

 
Soledad O’Brien, acclaimed CNN News Anchor and Reporter, delivered her keynote speech at the 7th Annual Lights On Afterschool! Breakfast of Champions, presented by the Rhode Island Afterschool Plus Alliance on October 23 in Providence 
PROVIDENCE, RI, OCTOBER 23, 2009 — More than 400 of the state’s top educators gathered to learn, rather than teach, listening [...]

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Pawtucket – Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island recently appointed Laura Frakey, Ph.D., to its medical staff. Dr. Frakey joins Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island’s department of family medicine, rehabilitation division.
A Norwood, MA resident, Dr. Frakey earned her Doctorate of Philosophy in clinical psychology from the University of Florida. She completed her Master of Science degree, [...]

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photo credit:  Robert Emerson Photography
The Community Players, Rhode Island’s longest running community theatre, opens its 89th season with the sensational musical, A Chorus Line.  The action takes place in an empty theatre, on a bare stage, where casting for a new Broadway musical is almost complete.  For 17 dancers, this audition is a chance of [...]

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 The Pawtucket Arts Collaborative (PAC) is pleased to announce that over 56 artists have committed to exhibit in the wildly popular 10″x10″x10″ Exhibit. Now in its 3rd year, this annual exhibit has become a special show and possibly the best sale during the holiday season because every piece in the show is for sale for [...]

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The Citizens Bank Foundation awarded a $5,000 grant to Children’s Friend and Service for their annual Investing in Our Children Luncheon. This organization focuses on providing basic human needs to a multicultural, low to moderate income population. Their programs are centered on the importance of enriching the lives of young children in areas including education [...]

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Environmental Education for Urban Schools Initiative
On Monday, October 26, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and Audubon Executive Director Lawrence Taft will join together to announce new federal funding for Audubon’s Environmental Education for Urban Schools Initiative.  This program allows children with limited economic resources to engage in comprehensive environmental-based science education programs.
WHAT: U.S. Senator [...]

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Saturday, October 31
1:00 – 4:00 PM
A tiny bit spooky, a whole lot of fun – Providence Children’s Museum’s annual “Boo Bash” is Saturday, October 31 from 1:00 – 4:00 PM.

Children and families have hands-on fun at bewitching activity stations throughout the Museum:

Dive into imaginative arts and “witch crafts” by making creepy creatures to fly through [...]

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The Pawtucket Soup Kitchen is sponsoring a breakfast fundraiser called “Heat for the Homeless” on Sunday, November 1, 2009 from 8:00 – 11:00 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Church on Walcott Street. Funds from the fundraiser will be donated to the St. Paul’s Church homeless shelter.
Tickets are just $7.50 per person or $5.00 for children under [...]

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Left turns will be permissible from Dean Street northbound
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) announced that will be opening a new access to an existing on-ramp from Dean Street to the Route 6/10 Connector Inbound, which affords direct access to I-95 North and South. This work was done as part of a $1.3 million [...]

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PAWTUCKET, RI – In response to the growing population of people who can benefit from using large print publications, the Pawtucket Public Library has recently expanded its large print collection. 
Although large print titles have been widely regarded for the benefits they provide individuals with vision problems, they can also benefit young people who are reluctant [...]

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