Boots to Briefcases Guides Vets Into Workforce
STATE HOUSE — Rep. Camille F.J. Vella-Wilkinson (D-Dist. 21, Warwick), a Navy veteran who serves on the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, is the co-founder and CEO of MISSION: Boots to […]
STATE HOUSE — Rep. Camille F.J. Vella-Wilkinson (D-Dist. 21, Warwick), a Navy veteran who serves on the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, is the co-founder and CEO of MISSION: Boots to […]
Editor’s note: The following information was provided by the RI Legislative Press and Public Information Bureau. It has been lightly edited. STATE HOUSE — Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed […]
WARWICK, RI— Today is Veterans Day, the annual federal holiday set aside to honor the U.S. military service of all men and women defending America and the Constitution, including the […]
Thank you, veterans, for serving the United States and protecting it from all threats, foreign and domestic. Thank you, too, for putting your lives on the line to protect America’s […]
WARWICK, RI — Operation: MADE, a gift shop selling veteran-crafted crafts and art, celebrated its grand opening Monday at 1050 Tollgate Rd, in Warwick, just in time for the end […]
WARWICK, RI — Rhode Island Veterans Affairs Director Kasim Yarn and his staff have apologized to 21 families of loved ones whose grave markers were misaligned at the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Exeter due to a 2010 grounds crew mistake that also misplaced seven of the graves, all of which were corrected over the weekend.
The city’s veterans will observe Vetreans Day Friday with a wreath-laying ceremony at Warwick Veterans School at 10 a.m., followed by a day-long resource fair later in the day and a service at St. Benedict’s Church Sunday morning.
Rep. Eileen S. Naughton (D-Dist 21, Warwick) hosted a reception in the State Room for representatives of Veterans Count, an organization that provides emergency aid and support to veterans and their families.
The US Senate approved the fiscal year 2016 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill last night, adding $2 billion in support for veteran services.
Warwick Vets seniors and juniors gathered around the school’s flagpole with veterans and officials to honor the city’s veterans as a high school one last time Tuesday morning.
Here’s a reminder of what’s open and closed as the nation honors its veterans, of today’s Veterans Day wreath laying ceremony, along with a look at tomorrow’s City Council Docket: