The Boston Red Sox play their home opener against the Toronto Blue Jays Tuesday afternoon at Fenway Park. Fans are hoping the return to home turf can help the struggling team get back on track. But the toughest job at Fenway might not belong to a player or coach. It’s arguably the job of Donnie Gardiner, the Fenway Facilities Superintendent who has to keep everything at the oldest Major League park running.
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Education Experts Weigh In On Push To Expand State-Funded Pre-K
Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo is focusing on pre-kindergarten, in her effort to improve education in the state. Elizabeth Burke Bryant, Director of Rhode Island Kids Count, and Khadija Lewis Khan, Director of Beautiful Beginnings Child Care Center in Providence, joined reporter John Bender to talk about the challenges and opportunities of expanding the state-funded […]
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Theater Review: “The Song Of Summer” Premiers At Trinity Rep
These days and nights Trinity Rep is presenting its 70th world premiere. This one, “The Song of Summer,” is a colorful, 90 minutes of a play with music moving to a very serious background. Bill Gale, who covers the performing arts for The Public’s Radio, says that, despite some problems, it’s a new play worth seeing.
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One Square Mile Pawtucket: For New Arrivals, Education Offers Opportunity
For more than a century, Pawtucket was a gateway for new immigrants to this country. People came from Ireland, Canada, Portugal and the Azores, to work in the city’s factories. Today, the city’s new arrivals come mainly from Central America.
The number of Hispanic residents has more than doubled in the last twenty years, as they follow friends and family to the United States. But the city’s economic opportunities have changed drastically.
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One Square Mile Pawtucket: For One Generation, A Clear Career Path, For The Next, Uncertainty
For generations, a robust manufacturing economy in Pawtucket offered newly arrived immigrants a gateway to the American dream. But with the steady decline of factory jobs in small industrial towns across America, the story in Pawtucket is quite different today. Even a twenty years ago, there was a pattern that a new immigrant could follow […]
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Group Of Civilly Committed Men Sues Mass. Alleging Gender Discrimination
A group of men is suing the state of Massachusetts over the law, known as “Section 35,” that allowed a judge to involuntarily commit each of them to addiction treatment.
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Despite Recall, Fall River Mayor Could Stay In Office
Fall River Mayor Jaisel Correia is facing a recall election following his indictment on federal fraud charges. Residents this week decide whether to give him another shot.
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Bonus Q&A: LaFortune On Providence Pension, 2022, Teacher Contract & More
Ward 3 Providence City Councilor Nirva LaFortune joins Bonus Q&A to talk about the city’s underfunded pension, whether she’ll run for mayor in 2022, why she voted against Fane Tower, and much more.
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‘It’s Not 2016 Anymore’: Bernie Sanders’ Campaign Looks Different In 2020
The 2020 Democratic presidential primary will be similar to 2016 in at least one regard: Bernie Sanders is running for the nomination. But political observers say the electoral landscape has changed dramatically since Sanders’ last presidential bid, and not necessarily in ways that favor his latest candidacy.
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Legislative Jobs For District 15 Voters Have Multiplied During Mattiello’s Time As RI Speaker
The number of patronage jobs from House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello’s Cranston district has almost tripled during Mattiello’s time as speaker. Patronage jobs are one of the tools that a legislative leader like Mattiello can use to reinforce his own political power at the Statehouse.
