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 [...]
May Day
May Day, when the weather cooperates, celebrates a time of year when the intoxicating beauty of Spring reaches even the most frozen, internet-addicted soul. Known as Beltane in the Celtic Wheel of the Year, it is a worker’s holiday in much of the world. May Day stands across the Wheel from another disreputable holiday the [...]
Kmareka Named Top 10 Clinical Social Work Blog
Some good news for a Friday morning — we rank! We’ve been ranked in the top 10 and here’s the rater’s comment: “With the aim of bringing overlooked and neglected news and views to their readers, social worker Kiersten and nurse Ninjanurse, blog on “Kmareka” with wit, wisdom, and a dash of humor and lightheartedness. [...]
Providence Ranked in Bottom 5 for Job Creation
You hate to see it, but Providence is really struggling to hire. I am sure Mayor Angel Taveras is doing all he can to put us on the road to job creation, but it’s not easy when his own city is so financially strapped. Full article: Oklahoma City Leads Large Cities in Job Creation.
American Suburbs: Quiet, Safe, and Poor
You will notice a lot of “For Sale” signs on houses in our neighborhood and pretty much any neighborhood in Cranston. A quick look at the Zillow map for Cranston says there are 538 homes for sale or rent in the city. Let’s hope we can pull ourselves up by our bootstraps and become the [...]
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.
R.I.’s women-owned businesses falling behind – PBN.com – Providence Business News
Being a woman-owned business myself, it is concerning to hear that, while there are a growing number of women-owned businesses in Rhode Island, they are employing less people. Our employee numbers in Rhode Island have decreased by 26.8 percent since 1997, and that this was the “worst decline in the country for percentage change of [...]
War on Women Comes to Rhode Island
The War on Women is taking a new turn in Rhode Island. John McDaid of Hard Deadlines reports that Rep. Karen MacBeth is sponsoring a bill that would make fetal ultrasound mandatory before an abortion. You can email Rep. MacBeth at macbethkaren@aol.com to express your opinion of her legislation.
Gallery Night Providence 2012
Reblogged from Festival Fete: The 2012 Gallery Night season is slowly approaching, as artists get ready to showcase some of their amazing works on March 15th, and every third Thursday of each month leading up to November. It should be a night filled with great art and excitement throughout the city of Providence, with 6 [...]
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