SMITHFIELD – Outdoor events at the Greenville Library will get an upgrade thanks to an FM signal transmitter that will send audio to patrons’ car radios.
Rebecca Reddy, technology coordinator and head of circulation, said the transmitter and other equipment, including a shed, LED lighting, folding chairs, a heating lamp and a heavy-duty tent, were supplied to the library through the state’s Take It Outside grant.
Reddy said the library received all of its requests, including the FM transmitter, thanks to the hard work of town officials.
With the transmitter, Reddy said the library plans to hold outdoor events as soon as the weather warms up. Last October, the library hosted a small event in “Sequoia Square,” as Director Dorothy Swain calls the center of the parking lot with the Sequoia tree, where librarians read from a book to spectators in cars using a public address system.
NARRAGANSETT â Sharpen your skates and grab your hockey pads â a new public ice-skating rink is coming to town. The chamber of commerce recently announced the development and will utilize leftover monies from the stateâs âTake It Outsideâ initiative to fund the purchase.
âThe chamber had come forward to [Narragansett Parks and Recreation Director] Steve Wright and myself wishing to use the âTake It Outsideâ funding that they received to purchase a synthetic ice rink that we could use at town facilities, at town events,â said Narragansett Town Manager James Tierney. âSteve thought it was a great idea, I did too. I briefed Jesse [Pugh, Narragansett Town Council President] and a few people on the council were aware of it.â
12/30/2020
Cumberland shows character, care as COVID-19 rages
Organizers Joyce Hindle Koutsogiane, left, and Mike Tusoni attached an American flag to a car when they were preparing for the start of Cumberland’s 94th annual Arnold Mills Fourth of July Parade and Road Race on Saturday, July 4, along Nate Whipple Highway. The traditional parade was replaced with a motorcade along the major roadways in town and a virtual road race. (Breeze File photo by Robert Emerson)
Pandemic impacted every area of life
CUMBERLAND – An unprecedented modern health crisis upended every aspect of life in 2020, from the way Cumberland residents worked and played to the way they learned and gathered socially or for entertainment.
LINCOLN In 2020, the State Ballet of Rhode Island was supposed to celebrate its 60th anniversary.
Diamond Jubilee performances of “Giselle” were scheduled for April, and by February, company dancers, guest artists and young dancers from the Brae Crest School of Ballet, the official school of the state ballet, were well into rehearsals, overseen by the ballet s founder, artistic director and choreographer, Herci Marsden, 83.
Then an uninvited guest showed up: COVID-19. By March 23, Gov. Gina Raimondo had ordered all public recreation and entertainment establishments to cease in-person operations.
“We thought, ‘Let’s get a new date,” recalls Ana Marsden Fox, the state ballet’s executive director.