Saturday, September 23, 2023

Glocester

Small changes on tap for Glocester Scarecrow Festival as Lodge #7 takes the reins

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GLOCESTER – The official start of autumn is nearly here, and with it, Glocester's annual Scarecrow Festival. The Scarecrow Festival will be under new management this fall. Local Friendship Lodge #7, a non-profit fraternal order...

Cornhole tournament, Car Wash fundraiser: Five things to know in Glocester this week

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Cornhole Oakleaf Family Campground will host its second annual cornhole tournament to benefit Ponaganset Scholarship Fund and Peggy McKeever Scholarship Fund on Saturday, Sept. 9 starting at 10 a.m. at the campground at 43 Oak...

Glocester man with violent history, no contact order, arrested for assault at victim’s home

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WOONSOCKET – After allegedly eluding police in Glocester earlier in the day – a Chepachet man with a serial history of assaulting his children's mother and violating court protective orders to keep away from...

The weekend: Free events, muster & end-of-summer parties mark 28 things to do in...

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Northern, RI – Let's not call summer over just yet... at least not until we have a last weekend hurrah to mark its demise. Welcome to the weekend, northern Rhode Island. With an extra day...

Glocester libraries on track for funding boost through statewide L365 initiative

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GLOCESTER – The Harmony and Chepachet libraries are soon likely to see a major funding windfall as part of Gov. Dan McKee's new statewide initiative to improve learning: Learn365RI. At the recent Town Council meeting,...

Glocester mosquito tests positive for EEE

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GLOCESTER – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management found the state's first case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus so far this year after testing a mosquito from Glocester. RIDEM said the mosquito sample...
Colonel Kyle Shipley, left, with Glad Tidings Community Church Children's Director Amy-Beth Vasconcelos and her husband, GTCC Kids Church Coordinator Antonio Vasconcelos.

GTCC partners with Kids, Cops & Classrooms to deliver school supplies in Pascoag Saturday

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BURRILLVILLE/GLOCESTER – A Chepachet-based church has teamed up with a statewide organization that aims to help families in need to be school-ready, and handed out new backpacks filled with supplies in Pascoag on Saturday....