Smithfield, RI Weather
Featured Articles: November 2018
By Jim Ignasher Perhaps you’ve driven past St. Philip Church in Greenville recently and noticed something’s different, such as the twelve-foot-tall statue of an angel standing between St. Philip School and the church. Although the angel is a recent addition, its reason for its being there can be traced to the school’s origin in 1960.…
By Marguerite (Peg) Brown, PhD BoneBuilders—all over the State of Rhode Island? Do you picture a room full of scientists reconstructing the skeleton of some ancient mammal? They are a group, but the skeletons they are busy building are their own. Look no further than the Village of Waterman Lake for the origins and heartbeat…
By Paul Lonardo Paws4People foundation is a non-profit organization that trains and places Assistance Dogs with people as a way to help them mitigate symptoms sets for a variety of different disabilities. It was started in 1999 by Kyria Henry, when she was just twelve years old. Living with her family in northern Virginia at…
The Smithfield Municipal Ice Rink By Ron Scopelliti A lot of things have come and gone since 1973. It was the year the VHS videotape prototype was completed, the year Skylab was launched, and the year Ford introduced Mustang II. But one thing that arrived in 1973 and managed to stick around is the Smithfield…
By Brittni Henderson When I stepped out of the airport in Delhi, my senses were bombarded from every direction. As we gathered around different taxis to transport ourselves to the next location, the driver took my oversized blue suitcase and simply threw it on top of his small sedan. In that moment I had two…
