Facebook Cover Photo Contest: Share Your Winter Photos

Have a great photo, painting or drawing that you think will be a perfect cover photo for our Facebook page? Upload it now!

Facebook Cover Photo Contest: Share Your Winter Photos

Have a great photo, painting or drawing that you think will be a perfect cover photo for our Facebook page? Upload it now!

  Earlier this year when Facebook changed to the new Timeline layout, Woonsocket Patch held a contest and let readers to submit photos that captured the spirit of Woonsocket to be used as the cover photo.  We want to continue to highlight Woonsocket's artistic talent as the seasons change on our Facebook page. From now until Monday, Jan. 22, we'll accept winter-themed submissions for a cover photo for us to use on Woonsocket Patch's Facebook page. Whether it's a photo of a historic building or people just going about their day, we want to see your take on Woonsocket. Be creative and try to capture the essence of the city to represent Woonsocket on Facebook. There's no age requirement to submit: You just have to be a Woonsocket Patch user …

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Capture Spirit of Woonsocket for Facebook Page

Have a great photo, painting or drawing that you think will be a perfect cover photo for our Facebook page? Upload it now!

Many are up in arms over the social media schism that is the Facebook timeline. Whether you like it or hate it, Facebook's changing over to this new layout ... including Woonsocket Patch's page, starting March 30. Instead of throwing a tantrum and starting a Facebook page to petition this, we've decided to use one of timeline's features to highlight Woonsocket's artistic talent. How, you ask? From now until March 29, we'll be accepting submissions for a cover photo for us to use on Woonsocket Patch's Facebook page. Whether its a photo of an historic mill building, ducks floating on the Blackstone, oer people just going about their day, we want to see your take on Woonsocket. Be creative and try to capture the essence of the city to …

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Middle School Students Address Cyberbullying With Judge Silverstein, Attorney West

Seventh grade class learns about cyberbullying from law experts for annual Law Day.

Two special guests at Woonsocket’s Hamlet Avenue Middle School spoke with  Tonimarie Campopiano's seventh grade class Friday about internet safety and cyberbullying: Justice Michael A. Silverstein and Attorney George West. The appearance of the judge and the lawyer in the city classroom was part of the 2011 Law Day Classroom Participation program. Every year, law professionals participate in Law Day by visiting Rhode Island classrooms and speaking on subjects relevant to the students. The pair spoke to students about cyberbullying and the law, and about keeping safe when using communication technology. During their forty-five minute conference, Silverstein and Attorney West fielded questions from the class, posed some thought-provoking …

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