Congressman Seth Magaziner said the federal funding will be used to make upgrades beneficial to students' education and safety. The improvements include expanding the academy's sensory room, renovating the kitchen and replacing aging infrastructure.
It is a modern Frank Capra tale. Just five days before Christmas, a local non-profit contacts GoLocal saying that hundreds of children — 700 to 800 — still need gifts.
On Tuesday, Family Services of Rhode Island hit the panic button when there were more than 1,000 families asking for help and no resources.
In the past four days, the response from Rhode Islanders has been amazing, but there is still a gap. The non-prof