Donna Kaehler News Today

Libraries are offering programming to tie in with One Book selection “An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us” by Ed Yong.

WOONSOCKET – Tuesday morning was a busy morning on the stretch of Blackstone River that runs through Woonsocket, as youth kayaking, fire department training and river clean-up efforts all converged

CENTRAL FALLS – Making its debut in the summer of 1993 as part of the bicentennial celebration of the American Industrial Revolution, the Explorer is the only vessel designed to

PAWTUCKET – Rhode Island has some big goals when it comes to cleaning up our state. Fortunately, creative initiatives like the state’s Keep Rhody Litter Free campaign launched by First

In 1972, 10,000 volunteers gathered on the banks of the Blackstone River as part of Operation ZAP, a one-day cleanup that remains among the largest and Fifty years after the original Operation Zap, a new generation is leading the charge to protect the Blackstone River from pollution.

The Woodstock of cleanups was held Sept. 9, 1972 along the Blackstone River. Thousands of volunteers spent the day pulling debris from the waters and banks of the distressed river.

PAWTUCKET – Downtown Pawtucket was sparkling last Wednesday after members of the Pawtucket Youth Commission spent a sunny day of their April break cleaning up litter in the city.

PAWTUCKET – ZAP the Blackstone is looking for Community Captains and is hosting a Zoom meeting for those interested on Wednesday, April 27, at 6:30 p.m.

CUMBERLAND/LINCOLN – Anyone who can spare a few minutes or few hours this Saturday, April 2, is invited to join The Valley Breeze-sponsored Cumberland Yellow Bag Day and Councilor Ken

PAWTUCKET – Fifty years ago next year, some 10,000 people “turned out and made a difference,” says Bob Billington, president of the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, tackling the filth of