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East Bay Cribbage Club

ACC Club #505 Tuesday Nights 6:30pm $15, 9 Games Weekly Prizes Market Street Pub, 99 Market St. Warren, RI

Rehoboth

Rehoboth Residents to Participate in the 38th Annual Jimmy Fund Walk

Sophia Hardy, Kristina Flynn, and Walk Hero Ruby King will join thousands in the iconic fundraising walk for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to support all forms of cancer research and care.

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

Memorial Baptist Church Donating Snacks for School Kids

Memorial Baptist Church has long supported the families of the Doorways community. As this school year began, Nancy Anderson, who serves as Missions Chairperson of Memorial Baptist Church, bought …

From The Friends of the Blanding Library

Thanks to the generous support of our community, The Friends of the Blanding Public Library proudly funded a wide range of free programs in 2026—from children’s activities and family yoga to science presentations, music events, and our beloved summer reading challenge and holiday celebrations.

October Kids Activities at EP Libraries

Kids Halloween Costume Swap October 1-31, open hours at Weaver Library Back for another Halloween season! Come to the Weaver Library Children's Room during our normal business hours with a gently …

The Rehoboth Blizzard of Giving Help for the Holidays

The Rehoboth Blizzard of Giving, Inc. is a local public charity that supports Rehoboth children and families facing difficult financial times by providing Christmas gifts, holiday assistance, and …
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Rhode Island

URI students, faculty and staff now ride free on RIPTA buses under new agreement

University of Rhode Island (URI) students, faculty and staff can now ride public buses for free with their school IDs under an agreement announced last week between the university and the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority. URI will pay a flat $135,000 fee to join RIPTA’s U-Pass program, allowing members of the university community to […]

Amid bleak financial forecast, Brown Health announces buyouts, executive layoffs

The state’s largest hospital operator is offering buyouts to 200 non-clinical supervisors and laying off 10 executives amid financial pressures. Brown University Health announced a series of cost-cutting measures on Thursday, the first day of its new fiscal year. Like healthcare providers nationwide, the hospital conglomerate is struggling against rising costs, a function of market […]

Healey wants Trump administration’s help on bringing more gas into Massachusetts

This article first appeared on CommonWealth Beacon and is republished here under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Here’s something you probably didn’t have on your bingo card: The Democratic governor of Massachusetts asking President Trump’s administration to move faster in approving a gas expansion project. That’s exactly what Gov. Maura Healey did on […]

These 5 changes for Rhode Island Medicaid take effect Oct. 1

Changes to Medicaid starting Thursday, Oct. 1, will affect eligibility for some noncitizens as well as coverage of GLP-1 drugs for weight loss for Rhode Islanders enrolled in the joint federal-state health insurance program for people with low incomes and older adults and people with disabilities. Federal enrollment data from June show 250,294 Rhode Islanders […]
Massachussetts

Proposed Trump administration changes would gut vital Head Start regulations

Head Start works comprehensively. The harm of the proposed rule does not come from any one of the above changes alone, it comes from the compounding impact of removing services and protections for the most vulnerable children and families.

Brigham and Women’s nurses set October 14 strike date

The nurses overwhelmingly authorized an indefinite strike last week, after their five-day work stoppage in July failed to break the contract negotiation stalemate.

The false savings — and cruelty — of cutting GLP-1 coverage in Massachusetts

Ending coverage does not merely stop progress. It reverses it—and costs may return as diabetes, CPAP equipment, additional medications, disability, and hospital care.

Healey touts Wu endorsement to start October push

The governor and mayor, both Democrats and each the first woman elected to the chief executive positions in the state and city, are not known to have a close political connection.
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