Cranston Community Garden — Week One for Our Little Patch!
Our garden started out looking kind of small and scruffy, but after a week’s time, there was significant growth. We planted cucumbers, lettuce, spring mix, spinach, and tomatoes. We bought all our starter plants at the Pawtuxet Village Farmer’s Market, so this is a very local experiment in community gardening. I hope our plants thrive, [...]
Pawtuxet Village Farmers Market Opens Tomorrow
From Steve Stycos: PAWTUXET VILLAGE FARMERS MARKET OPENS SATURDAY The Pawtuxet Village Farmers Market opens Saturday May 12 for its year with the addition of a coffee vendor, a fisherman and a new bakery. In addition, returning farmers will have a variety of salad greens and spinach, plus plants. Our newest vendor is LeFavorite Bakery, [...]
Steve Stycos Creates Plan to Improve Cranston’s Open Space – Cranston Herald
I spent a few hours this past Saturday helping Steve Stycos and a bunch of other people plant trees in Meshanticut Park in Cranston. It was great to experience again how good it feels to do something that makes the outdoors better for everyone. The article below describes in detail Councilman Steve Stycos’s plans to [...]
Rhode Island Schools Removing ‘Pink Slime’ from the Menu
You may remember the video we posted a few weeks back about Pink Slime. I’m happy to report that we were part of the national momentum of disgust that has prompted the right response from our state: School removing ‘pink slime’ from the menu | Turn to 10.
Pinkberry Fundraiser for my Daughter’s Elementary School
Bring this flyer to Pinkberry in Garden City on March 24 and the Eden Park Elementary School will get 20% for its PTP group.
Come to my Free 6-week Writing Workshop Using the Archetypes
Reblogged from Therapy with Kiersten Marek, LICSW: UPDATE: This workshop starts tonight! Looking forward to it! Innocent ❂ Wounded Child Warrior ❂ Caregiver Explorer ❂ Soul Mate ❂ Destroyer ❂ Artist Leader ❂ Guru ❂ Healer ❂ Fool “Creative Writing Through the Archetypes” a 6-Week Writing Workshop When: starting Thursday, April 5th, 2012, from 6:00 [...]
Some Historical Context on the Prayer Banner Controversy
My overall analysis is that the real problem we have right now in Rhode Island is not that the Cranston Schools had a banner hanging in an auditorium that had a prayer on it. The real problem is that our economy is sagging big time, and we need to figure out how to turn that [...]
Reading My Tea Leaves About Achievement First
If I had to call it, my call at this point would be that the Board of Regents will vote to approve one, and only one, Achievement First School to start up in Providence. I have followed this issue closely for the past year, though I am by no means an insider to the process. [...]
Petition Chafee to Say No to Achievement First
There are many reasons why I believe Achievement First is not the answer to our social and educational problems in Rhode Island. I’ll let the petition speak for itself: Go here to read and sign.
Steve Stycos Year End Report: Ending Wasteful Spending, Opening Community Gardens, and Opposing Charter Schools
Ward 1 Council Member Steve Stycos reports on his excellent contributions to the city: YEAR END REPORT December 21, 2011 As 2011 comes to a close, I want to update you on my first year on the Cranston City Council and my goals for 2012. For the most part, the council works well. Debates are [...]
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