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Friday, March 14, 2025

News from March 2023

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Trimble and Gardner hit HRs in losses to Howard

By Ocean State Today reports | Mar 19, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Jenna Gardner and Abby Trimble hit home runs in the Bryant University softball team's losses in the doubleheader against Howard on Monday.

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Providentia Fund to award first grants

By Ocean State Today reports | Mar 19, 2023

Established in celebration of 50 Years of Women at Providence College, the Providentia Endowed Fund will award its first grants to members of the Providence College community to underwrite projects, programs, and activities that promote, empower, and amplify women of all ages.

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Media Advisory: House, Senate cancel sessions, committee hearings today

By Ocean State Today reports | Mar 19, 2023

STATE HOUSE – Due to inclement weather, the Senate and the House of Representatives have canceled their sessions and all committee meetings today.

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Transitions — Danika Bebe ’23

By Ocean State Today reports | Mar 19, 2023

Danika Bebe ’23, a former head dream coach for the Transitions Program, joins us on the Providence College Podcast to discuss how the pre-orientation program for multicultural and first-generation families helped her grow as both a participant and a student leader.

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Speaker Shekarchi announces 14-bill package of housing legislation

By Ocean State Today reports | Mar 19, 2023

STATE HOUSE – House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi today announced a 14-bill package of legislation to address Rhode Island’s housing crisis.

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Whip Kazarian and Chairwoman Sosnowski’s bill calls for more school social workers

By Ocean State Today reports | Mar 19, 2023

STATE HOUSE – House Majority Whip Katherine S. Kazarian and Senate Commerce Committee Chairwoman V. Susan Sosnowski have introduced a bill that would bring more highly needed social workers into our schools.

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Baseball Athletes of the Week: March 13, 2023

By Ocean State Today reports | Mar 19, 2023

Baseball Athletes of the Week: March 13, 2023

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Recreation Department announces 2023 summer day camp registration

By Ocean State Today reports | Mar 19, 2023

EAST PROVIDENCE, RI – The City of East Providence Recreation Dept. will hold a six-week summer day camp for East Providence youth ages 6-12 (age as of September 1, 2023).

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Screening Subcommittee Meeting on March 21

By Ocean State Today reports | Mar 19, 2023

Screening Subcommittee Meeting on March 21

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Community Service Tuesdays for Teens on March 21

By Ocean State Today reports | Mar 19, 2023

Join us Tuesdays at Weaver Library for drop-in community service opportunities for middle and high school students.

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Screening Subcommittee Meeting on March 21

By Ocean State Today reports | Mar 19, 2023

Screening Subcommittee Meeting on March 21

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Let’s Dance Kids Movement Class on March 22

By Ocean State Today reports | Mar 19, 2023

Naomi Zeltzer, a Family Navigator for the EP Health Equity Zone, will be teaching a 4 week jazz dance/movement class at Weaver library for kids ages 2+ of all genders and skill levels.

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Burrillville Budget Board on March 23

By Ocean State Today reports | Mar 19, 2023

Burrillville Budget Board on March 23

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Catherine Roberts to step down as AMS Executive Director

By Ocean State Today reports | Mar 19, 2023

After seven years as Executive Director of the American Mathematical Society (AMS), Catherine Roberts will step down at the end of August to become Chief Executive Officer of the Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications (COMAP).

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Interim Report of the Statewide Grand Jury (Reported February 27, 2023)

By Ocean State Today reports | Mar 19, 2023

An indictment, information, or complaint is merely an allegation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

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Balakrishnan Awarded 2023-2024 AMS Birman Fellowship

By Ocean State Today reports | Mar 19, 2023

Jennifer Balakrishnan, the Clare Boothe Luce Associate Professor of Mathematics at Boston University, has been awarded the 2023-2024 AMS Joan and Joseph Birman Fellowship for Women Scholars.

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Providence man who possessed illegal gun and large-capacity magazine sentenced to serve 6 years in state prison

By Ocean State Today reports | Mar 19, 2023

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a Providence man has been sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve six years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after pleading to illegally possessing a semi-automatic handgun following his arrest by the Providence Police Department in 2022.

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AMS Endorses Bipartisan Data Science and Literacy Bill

By Ocean State Today reports | Mar 19, 2023

The American Mathematical Society (AMS)—together with several other professional organizations in the mathematical sciences—endorses the bipartisan Data Science and Literacy Act (H.R. 1050) introduced by Haley Stevens (MI-11), Jim Baird (IN-4), Don Beyer (VA-8), and Young Kim (CA-40) in the US House of Representatives.

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West Warwick man found guilty of multiple counts of first-degree child molestation

By Ocean State Today reports | Mar 19, 2023

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a West Warwick man has been found guilty in Kent County Superior Court of two counts of first-degree child molestation against a female victim under the age of 14 between 2006 and 2008.

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Rhode Island: 36 people in 65-74 age group are estimated to have died during week ending March 11

By Ocean State Today | Mar 19, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 36 people in the 65-74 age group died during the week ending March 11.