Foster/Adoption Night, Trash Pickup Delayed, Interim City Manager Candidates

Foster/Adoption Night - The Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families and Foster Forward are hosting a Foster Care and Adoption Information Night on Thursday, Nov. 21, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Foster Forward, 55 South Brow St., East Providence. DCYF staff, foster, and adoptive parents will be available to explain the program and answer questions. The Information Night is open to anyone interested in exploring becoming a foster or adoptive parent for children in DCYF care.  Please stop by and learn how you can make a difference in the life of a child! For additional information, please call Robin Perez, DCYF Foster and Adoptive Parent Recruiter, at 401-528-3700. 

Trash pickup delay - Household rubbish and yard waste collection this week will be delayed one day for the reminder of the week.  Regular Monday collections will be Tuesday, Nov. 12, Tuesday will be Wednesday, Wednesday will be Thursday, Thursday will be Friday and Friday will be collected on Saturday.  This new holiday policy went into effect on Sept. 1. 

Regular collections will resume on Monday, Nov. 18.  (Please note the week for Nov. 18-22 is a Recycling collection week!) 

Residents are asked to have all materials at the curb by 6 a.m. on the day of collection.           

City Council - The EP City Council will meet Friday, 4 p.m. in Council Chambers to interview candidates for interim City Manager. To get a preview of the names and a talk with a few of the candidates, check out our story from the last meeting.

Food Drive underway - Oxford Tavern is running a food drive through November to benefit East Bay Community Action's food pantry program. People interested in making a donation can drop food off at the tavern, 446 Waterman Ave., Tuesday through Saturday from 4:30 to 11 p.m.

RI Food Bank collecting Rhode Island Community Food Bank received 1,000 turkeys this week from Stop & Shop, which is delivering turkeys to food banks across the region they serve. You can help them meet their goal of collecting 350,000 pounds of food by dropping off food any weekday (except holidays) from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 200 Niantic Avenue, Providence.