Last Saturday, May 18th Wyman Elementary School parents, teachers, and students kicked off Gaspee Days celebration in Warwick, Rhode Island's Historical Pawtuxet Village. Students dress in traditional colonial clothing and perform an enactment of what life would have been like in that colonial period. Positioning themselves in front of historical places, such as the Pawtuxet … [Read more...]
NASW Rhode Island 50th Anniversary Project
Several months ago I was having a conversation with Ann Bellotti, a peer, friend, and past supervisor when I was in graduate school at Rhode Island College School of Social Work. Ann has been an active within RI NASW and was explaining to me the upcoming plans for a special event, a "gala", to celebrate the 50th anniversary, not of RI NASW's first beginnings but of its … [Read more...]
Pawtuxet River Dam Removal Project Slideshow
The lower Pawtuxet River Restoration Project planning happened in 2010 with the beginning of the restoration beginning in late spring of 2011. For eons before industrialization the river flowed freely throughout Rhode Island eventually flowing over bedrock into Narragansett Bay. When industrialization took a foothold on the rivers' edge dams were built and used to power textile … [Read more...]
Saratoga Springs New York
When one first thinks of Saratoga NY the immediate recognition is Saratoga Springs itself. Known for their natural mineral waters Saratoga Springs hosts a number of spas offering "relief and rejuvenation" for the visitor partaking in its waters. Saratoga Springs is also the home of Skidmore College. Skidmore is a private liberal arts college that embraces the idea … [Read more...]
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