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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:

Positions available Sundays from March 29th thru December 6th, 2026.at the Seekonk Flea Market at Seekonk Speedway every Sunday from 5am-noon. Looking for general help. Call Linda at 401-263-5737.

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!
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

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 […]

Foulkes, Block share views on government efficiency and affordability in first post-primary matchup

Compared with the insult-laced, tense exchanges in both parties’ gubernatorial primaries, the first head-to-head between general election candidates Helena Buonanno Foulkes and Ken Block proved mild, even congenial. Despite their different labels — Foulkes, a Democrat, and Block, an independent — there was little daylight between the competitors on many of the questions posed by […]
Massachussetts

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.

Healey asks Trump administration to speed up review of planned gas expansion in latest sign of shifting energy politics

As Healey hunts for ways to bring down soaring costs and campaigns for reelection in a race defined by the affordability crisis gripping the state, the governor sees an opportunity to appeal to the Trump administration to bring more gas into the state.

Republicans voters split with party on gun law; Dems want more access to public records from Democrat-dominated offices

“It’s a very difficult sell to make to anybody that the Legislature and governor shouldn’t be subject to the public records law,” said Jonathan Cohn, policy director of Progressive Massachusetts. “Straightforward good government questions will always resonate with voters.”
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