Riverzedge, Blackstone River Watershed Council War On Japanese Knotweed

Organizations joining to improve Woonsocket need your help.

  It looks a lot like bamboo, but Japanese knotweed is a highly invasive plant that's taking over our riverbanks and creeping into peoples' yards, choking out their grass - even the smallest fragment of a root can re-grow a whole plant making it difficult to get rid of even for the pros. Stormwater is another threat to the health of Woonsocket. You might wonder how something as natural as rainfall can pollute our waterways and damage our community, but think of all the things that water could pick up on the way to the river, the oil from your driveway, improperly stored chemicals, even trash.  All of this has made the Blackstone River too polluted to swim in and unhealthy to fish from.  It's up to area residents to change this. On March 23…

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RiverzEdge Industrial Ball Coming Friday

Enjoy belt-sander racing and screen printing at annual event.

Friday Five: Autumnfest, RiverzEdge, Race, Register

The weekend is upon us - check out these things to know:

  Autumnfest - Tonight, a fundraiser for the Rotary Club will feature Steve Malec & The Electric Flood at 5 p.m., opening up for Doors tribute band, "Through The Doors," at 7 to 11 p.m. at the Beergarden. Tickets for that night are free. Pizza and beer will be sold inside. Check out the Autumnfest website for details on the rest of the weekend.   RiverzEdge Ball - The  2012 Industrial Ball is coming Friday, Oct. 12, 2012 at 7 p.m. RiverzEdge has made some changes - Tour the new studios and community art spaces at 7p.m.,  then come upstairs for the food, friends and fun. "In celebration of our new look come in a new look of your own. Maybe you need to wear moon boots, sideburns or a tiara..." Food is courtesy of Russell Morin Caterers. …

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RiverzEdge Artists Create Blacktop Games For Bernon Heights Schoolyard

Organization delivered on PTO request this summer.

  When the students at Bernon Heights Elementary School return in a few weeks, they are in for a colorful surprise. Youth artists at RiverzEdge Arts Project have spent the last month working on interactive activities that have been painted onto the blacktop of the playground area of the school. Earlier this spring, members of the Bernon Heights PTO approached RiverzEdge with the idea of creating something on the playground for the students.  The PTO wanted to give the students something to do at recess. Their idea was to re-create a map of the United States that used to be on the playground, along with other activities that RiverzEdge participants could design. From there, RiverzEdge designed other activities and went to work on the …

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Woonsocket Students' Research On Display Today

ELO Woonsocket kids to present multimedia, art projects on various topics.

  Join ELO Woonsocket and their students, advisors, and community mentors for an afternoon highlighting all of their work, innovation and dedication today at the Woonsocket Depot (One Depot Square) today from 4 to 7 p.m. ELO enables students to utilize internships with local community agencies and businesses to design and develop credit-bearing learning opportunities. A certified teacher from the high school coordinates the work with the students in order to ensure they're acquiring the knowledge, skills, and concepts required in the Grade Span Expectations as set forth by the Rhode Island Department of Education. Students at Woonsocket High School and the Area Career and Technical Center have been hard at work developing hands-on, …

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NEA Chairman, RI Senators, Officials Tour Woonsocket

Walking tour showcases city's worthiness for National Endowment of the Arts grant.

  Rocco Landesman, Chairman for The National Endowment for the Arts, spent about two hours touring Woonsocket from RiverzEdge to the Stadium Theatre today. Joining him were Mayor Leo Fontaine, Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), Economic Development Director Matt Wojcik and City Councilor Bob Moreau. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), joined the group later near City Hall. Landesman came to Woonsocket at Reed's invitation. The RI Senator oversees federal arts funding as the Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior, including the NEA’s annual budget of about $146 million. Woonsocket is seeking to strengthen its creative community and is applying for a $100,000 federal NEA “Our Town” grant.  Landesman created the grants, which offer …

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Tommy Tutone

5:36 pm on Thursday, April 19, 2012

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