Entries from April 2010
Date: Thursday, April 29th
Time: 5:30 pm
Place: Pawtucket Public Library Auditorium
No registration is required
Come join the participants in the RAISE YOUR VOICE project as students from Shea High School perform some of their poetry and several songs will be performed by students from the Jacqueline Walsh School of Performing Arts. Time permitting; this will be [...]
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By Ken McGill, Registrar of Voters
City of Pawtucket
With spring in full bloom there is much to do this coming weekend in Pawtucket! We will be host to the very first Rhode Island Cherry Blossom Festival this Saturday, May 1st along Cherry Blossom Lane. Where is Cherry Blossom Lane? Well it’s the section of Roosevelt Avenue [...]
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STATE HOUSE – Sen. John J. Tassoni Jr., who last week joined other state officials expressing criticism of a double-digit premium rate hike request from Blue Cross, today called on the state to conduct a forensic audit of the health insurer.
“The state, its health insurance commissioner and health plan subscribers hear nothing from [...]
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JMW Senior Dancers present “Remember when…” on May 6th, 2010 at the Jenks Jr. High School Auditorium
The senior dance majors at Jacqueline M. Walsh School for the Performing & Visual Arts will present their senior concert “Remember when…” on Thursday, May 6th, 2010. The concert will begin at 7:30 pm in the Jenks Junior [...]
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Delia Calderon, far right, as Captain Hook, intimidates crew members of his pirate ship during the recent production of “Peter Pan” at Dayspring Christian Academy of Attleboro. (Photo courtesy of Dayspring Christian Academy)
ATTLEBORO – Staff members and parent volunteers joined students of Dayspring Christian Academy of Attleboro in recently staging two productions of the classic [...]
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O’Neill bill aims to make the public a priority for the PUC
STATE HOUSE – Despite its name and its role in regulating the public utilities rates, there is little in state law requiring the Public Utilities Commission to consider the public’s interest when deciding whether to grant utilities requests for rate increases.
Rep. J. Patrick O’Neill [...]
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James H. Hahn, co-chair of the Corporate Practice Group at Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP, has been elected to the Board of Trustees of Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island. A graduate of Brown University and Suffolk University Law School, he has been recognized nationally for his ability to integrate corporate, securities and tax law. Mr. [...]
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STATE HOUSE – “At this point, the only word that seems to apply is ‘obscene’,” said Sen. John J. Tassoni Jr., reacting to news that Blue Cross plans to seek a double-digit rate hike next month.
“I guess the reason some people become members of the wealthy class is because, at horrible times like [...]
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Gail Ahlers And Senator Jack Reed
Gail has attended many meetings around the state that have addressed economic development in the State of Rhode Island. So far she has attended; a breakfast meeting with Senator Jack Reed, Meetings for the Pawtucket Foundation, as well as the Rhode Island Economic Summit. All of these meetings helped to inform [...]
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Leon Mathieu Senior Center is hosting an Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group on Wednesday, April 28th at 5:30 p.m.
The Leon Mathieu Senior Center is hosting an Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group on Wednesday, April 28th at its facility located at 420 Main Street , Pawtucket . The meeting will be from 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. and [...]
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