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Tuesday April 28
Positive Message Tuesday-Wear a shirt with a POSITIVE MESSAGE! Raymond C. LaPerche School Smithfield, RI 02917 7:45 am
Spring Picture Day -All Students Old County Road School Smithfield, RI 02917 8:30 am
Friday May 1
Discovery Tykes Museum of Natural History and Planetarium , 1000 Elmwood Ave , Providence 10:00 am
Food Truck Friday at Roger Williams Park RWP Carousel Village 5:00 pm
Family Dance Old County Road School Smithfield, RI 02917 5:30 pm
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Dennis McGuire named to Forbes 2026 Best-In-State Wealth Advisors South County, RI, April 24th, 2026 - Dennis McGuire AAMS, ADPA, RICP, Managing Partner of McGuire Wealth Management in Wakefield, RI has been... (More info)
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Another successful project completed today! We covered these crumbling concrete stairs with pressure treated wood. Concrete stairs are notorious for falling apart especially in our harsh… (Nextdoor Hartford Ave/Killingly)
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Is Hope an Illusion That Lets Us Tolerate the Destruction of Who and What We Are? – A short story by Michael Fine (rinewstoday.com)
Cranston
Regular Amtrak service between Boston and New York resumes after structural issue in Rhode Island (wcvb.com)
Crowds gather for 26th Pawcatuck River Duck Race (turnto10.com)
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