Woonsocket

This Week in Your! Woonsocket City Council. Audits .. Homelessness Committee .. The No Diggity Bus, Oh My!

    After weeks of being pilloried by a horrified public, Woonsocket’s Beauchamp Administration appears to be coming to the stark realization that, in fact, Winter happens … and with that, the recurring nightmare that is the level of homelessness in Woonsocket demands some form of humanitarian solution while longer term, permanent solutions to the Housing Crisis are crafted.  The[Read More…]

by December 30, 2024 0 comments Woonsocket

Infante Green Weighs In on RISE Academy Charter Change! Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) Adds RISE Academy Question to Agenda

In a scheduling move that has even the most cynical Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) observer shaking their head, the Agenda for the influential  Council on Elementary & Secondary Education was posted on 5:20 this evening (Friday) to include a review of the controversial application to transition Woonsocket based RISE Mayoral Academy to Charter School status. The Hearing will[Read More…]

by December 14, 2024 0 comments Civil Liberties, Woonsocket

John Ward Releases Letter of Objection to RISE Prep Mayoral Academy Conversion Request

He’s baaaack! Although, truth be told, did he ever really go away? Now Former Woonsocket City Council Chair John Ward made good on his promise to stay involved in Woonsocket affairs … albeit as a private citizen, today, with the release of his formal objection to the “reclassification” of Woonsocket’s RISE Academy from Mayoral Academy to Charter School status. Citing,[Read More…]

by December 4, 2024 0 comments Business, Civil Liberties, Politics, Woonsocket