The Worcester Together fund for COVID-19 relief has raised $5.8 million, and has disbursed $1.3 million locally. But as the restrictions and Read more...
New Cub Scout pack takes shape in West Warwick
With one foot planted in the traditions that have defined Scouting for more than a century and the other stretched out ahead, West Warwick’s Pack 1913 Read more...
Smithfield receives $475,000 toward wastewater upgrades
The Smithfield Wastewater Treatment Facility received the third largest award from the Rhode Island Department of Environment Management Climate Read more...
Worcester Together Fund closes in on $6,000,000
The Worcester Together COVID-19 relief fund as now hit $5.8M, and given out over $1.1M in grants to folks who are hardest hit by this pandemic. Read more...
Marijuana retailer’s donation helps push Worcester Together fund past $5M
The Worcester Together fund, a joint effort between the Greater Worcester Community Foundation and the United Way of Central Massachusetts, in Read more...
R.I., Mass. scouts gather ’round a digital campfire
The flames were digital, but the songs, laughs and messages of hope shared Saturday night during a virtual campfire hosted by the Narragansett Council Read more...
Worcester Together COVID-19 relief fund tops $5 million in donations
Worcester Together, the Central Massachusetts COVID-19 relief fund, has topped $5 million in donations, the Greater Worcester Community Foundation Read more...
R.I. Infrastructure Bank closes $33M in road and bridge program loans
The Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank recently announced $32.5 million in low-interest loans for road and bridge projects in Providence, Warwick and Read more...
Camp Yawgoog Scouts launch COVID-19 blood drive; during crisis, blood levels are dangerously low
Giving blood is a summer tradition at the Yawgoog Scout Reservation summer camp, and now, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Yawgoog Scouts are Read more...
Quonset Playing Key Role in State’s Virus Response
The Quonset Development Corporation is playing a key role in securing vital personal protective equipment for doctors, nurses, first responders and Read more...
Westerly urges residents to follow virus rules (and no, you won’t get arrested if you come into town to visit)
Grey Sail Brewing of Rhode Island has started distributing its first batch of hand sanitizer to local organizations. The chamber is assisting with Read more...
‘Worcester Together’ raises $1M in one weekend
The Worcester Together: Central Mass COVID-19 Fund announced that it raised more than $1 million in one weekend. The fund, a joint effort between the Read more...
Grey Sail Brewing’s new distillery currently making hand sanitizer, not spirits
Grey Sail Brewing recently opened its new distillery but instead of vodka, bourbon and canned cocktails ─ it will be making hand sanitizer. Read more...
GWCF donates $535K to COVID19 Response Fund
The Greater Worcester Community Foundation (GWCF) announced a new fund to support a community-wide response to the COVID19 outbreak in Worcester Read more...
McKee, Yarn help raise $7K for Scouting
The Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America hosted its Rhode Island Leadership Breakfast fundraiser on Feb. 28, which raised $7,000 to fund the Read more...