Summer Speaker Series: Betty-Jo Cugini on Dr. Joshua Babcock

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Enjoy light bites and wine as Westerly Native Betty-Jo Cugini speaks on Dr. Joshua Babcock, a physician, statesman, and Revolutionary leader from Westerly. The first Rhode Islander to graduate from Yale, he later became Westerly’s first postmaster, served as Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, and played a key role in Rhode Island’s early declaration of independence. A Major General in the Rhode Island Militia, Babcock was central to the civic, political, and military life of the colony.

Betty-Jo Cugini is a Westerly native and award-winning media professional with more than 35 years of experience. A former NBC10 journalist and Emmy Award winner, she is a member of the New England Silver Circle and the Rhode Island TV & Radio Hall of Fame. A longtime community leader and past president of the Babcock-Smith House Museum, she currently hosts a program on WBLQ.