Magaziner visits senior center listen, learn

With confusion and concern swirling around exactly what a federal funding freeze will mean for state and local programs, U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner visited the Cranston Senior Center last week.

Magaziner said he came to listen to seniors tell him how initiatives – such as the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) – have impacted their lives.  He said that also came to deliver a message, along with Cranston Mayor Kenneth Hopkins.

Speaking from the stage of the senior center lunchroom, both Magaziner, a Democrat, and Hopkins, a Republican, pledged a bi-partisan effort to fight for the continuation of federal aid that assists the city’s older residents. [...] Read full article.