East Providence

Celebrate the Season with SS Brendan & Martha

November Events! Visit our SS. Brendan & Martha Facebook page or our website www.sbmp.com for more information and registrations.

Rehoboth

Thrive Community Church News

If you're looking for hope and help, you're not alone, and you don't have to have it figured out to show up. Thrive Community Church is a community of real people learning to thrive in their …

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 Adult Events at the East Providence Public Library

The schedule for November includes: Fuller Creative Learning Center: • Charity Sewing - Tuesdays in November (EXCEPT Nov 3rd) 12:30-3pm • DIY Duct Tape Wallets - Thursday, November 5 6-7pm • …

Friends of the Seekonk Public Library

Our next Big Book Sale will be on November 7th from 9-3. The books and puzzles will be half price. There will be a Thanksgiving raffle basket. You may purchase tickets in the lobby as well as on the …

Angelcat Haven Introduces On-Site Reuse and Recycle Bin to Fund Local Cat Care

Angelcat Haven Feline Rescue has officially launched a new on-site reuse and recycle collection bin on the property of 36 Bacon Square, Plainville, MA.

Art Exhibit (Heron) at the Audubon Nature Center and Aquarium. (Runs Nov - Dec 2026)

Meet Up with the Night Owls

Local owls are busy setting up territories, finding mates and calling to each other in late autumn and throughout the winter. Join Audubon for brisk evening walks on the trails to search for resident owls during this magical time of year. Owl programs and prowls fill quickly – be sure to register early.

Rhode Island

More pressure on cost-burdened Rhode Islanders, more calls for housing

Housing advocates and state and local officials who gathered Thursday in the community room of a new 176-unit Providence apartment building for formerly homeless adults called the development a sign of progress after decades of underinvestment. The Summer Street Apartments, which opened last year, is also a reminder of how much more housing the state […]

Providence School Board postpones vote on president’s removal after six-hour meeting

Providence School Board members were attentive and cooperative as they asked administrators questions about the district’s latest student assessment scores at their Wednesday night meeting. But after the test scores presentation ended, the board went behind closed doors for the next three hours. A dozen hangers-on waited for the board to reemerge for a vote […]

Commentary: What can strategic investments accomplish? Look no further than Quonset.

Rhode Island has seen what can happen when we make sound investments in the infrastructure that businesses need to grow. Over the past two decades, Quonset has become one of the state’s most successful economic engines, supporting thousands of jobs, attracting billions of dollars in private investment and generating economic activity that reaches far beyond […]

Hemp businesses don’t have to destroy their stock after federal ban starts. They just can’t sell it.

Rhode Island’s hemp businesses can keep all of their intoxicating products after a new federal THC potency limit takes effect in less than two months — they just can’t sell them if Congress doesn’t change course. An Oct. 8 bulletin from the state’s Cannabis Control Commission gives hemp businesses the option to quarantine existing inventory […]

The Competition Problem

Welcome to CommonWealth Beacon‘s Election 2026 newsletter run. The most generous thing we can say about electoral competitiveness in Massachusetts is that it’s gotten marginally better since the last cycle […]

‘It’s a stressful life’: How energy debt is straining 800K Massachusetts utility customers

Massachusetts isn’t alone in the rising share of households facing energy insecurity around the country, yet the state, as wealthy as it is, sticks out given its high cost of living and increasing utility bills.

Nearly 70,000 residents to get medical debt erased next week

More than $38 million in debt relief will be distributed to 69,527 people in eastern Mass. through a partnership involving the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association.

No clear signs that Legislature will act swiftly on child sexual abuse amendment

Pollsters asked about the proposed law to eliminate the time limit for filing civil lawsuits related to child sexual abuse. Respondents overwhelmingly said they would strongly (60 percent) or somewhat (24 percent) support this change, and 79 percent said they would like their state legislators to vote for it.

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