Woonsocket Radio News Room

Writer's Workshop
Select Wednesdays in September, October and November
Woonsocket Harris Public Library

 

 

A Writer's Workshop series is held at the Harris Library, 303 Clinton St, offering writers networking opportunities, writing and

research skills, and encouragement to new writers. The workshops will be offered twice a month from 4:30-6pm in the Woonsocket Room
on the following Wednesdays: September 25, October 9 & 23 and November 6 & 20. Please check back every 3 months for new dates.

These workshops are open to high school students and adults. Please contact the workshop facilitator, John Peacock, at 401-332-8323 to reserve your
spot or for more information.

 

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A number of Minnesota officials are testifying at a Congressional hearing on government fraud allegations in the state. Three Republican state lawmakers will appear before the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. That committee's chairman, Representative James Comer, has also invited Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and state Attorney General Keith Ellison to testify at a future hearing.        The U.S. has seized two Venezuela-linked oil tankers. In a post on X, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said one was seized in the North Atlantic and another was seized near the Caribbean. Both vessels were either last docked in Venezuela or were heading to the country. Noem said the tanker seized in the Atlantic has been trying to evade the Coast Guard for weeks and even changed its flag and name.        Nick Reiner is scheduled to be arraigned soon for the murder of his parents at their Los Angeles home last month. Actor-director Rob Reiner and his photographer wife, Michele, died from knife wounds a few hours after their son caused a scene at a holiday party. On Monday, People magazine reported that Nick Reiner was removed from a suicide watch at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in downtown Los Angeles.        A White House briefing is set for today that will include an announcement from HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins. That's according to a post on X from Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. Leavitt said the secretaries will make "another major MAHA announcement."        Today marks the one-year anniversary of the deadly Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles County. Both fires started amid an extremely rare, powerful Santa Ana wind event after a dry start to the rainy season. In Pacific Palisades, 12 people died and more than 68-hundred structures were destroyed. A suspect is currently awaiting trial for allegedly starting an earlier fire that reignited into the Palisades Fire six days later.        The A's may have a new team name when they make their move to Las Vegas in 2028. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has denied the team's request to trademark the names "Las Vegas Athletics" and "Vegas Athletics." The club was told that the nickname "Athletics" was too generic and could be confused with other activities even if associated with Las Vegas.       

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