Archive for December 2019
GriefSpeak: American Red Cross Second Responders Needed
By Dr. Mari Dias Rosa, an elderly woman, always accompanied by her walker and oxygen tank left a pot on the stove and took a little nap. The family of seven who declined help to install smoke alarms, missed the symptomatic evidence and never smelled the smoke. A city ravaged by floods whose residents are…
Read More“From All Men” – a Short Story by Michael Fine
By Michael Fine (Monthly, Dr. Michael Fine shares a short story with readers of RINewsToday.com © Michael Fine 2019 This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead,…
Read MoreOne year Master’s program to address critical shortage in Special Education
With school districts in Rhode Island and across the nation facing a critical shortage of special educators, Roger Williams University is launching an innovative Master of Arts in Special Education program designed to prepare educators to support students of all abilities in the nation’s rapidly diversifying classrooms. The only master’s in special education program in…
Read MoreThe Good, The Bad, and The Ugly…this week in Rhode Island
The Good A mid-week Christmas Giving most of us an extended time off, we think re-engaging with family and friends could not have come fast enough. And time to refresh and renew, right along with it. The rituals of holiday preparation, the “wax-on, wax-off” of kitchen preparations and clean-up. A mid-week holiday followed by one…
Read MoreThe Importance of The Handwritten Note
By Didi Lorillard, Newport Manners We asked Didi…should we write thank-yous for those holiday gifts? For those invitation to holiday parties we attended? It inspired an entire article filled with good information – much of which can be found on Didi Lorillard’s blog, affectionately known as Newport Manners and Etiquette Today. Often Didi takes on…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, Thursday 12/26/19:
By Jack Donnelly, meteorologist High pressure begins a small retreat to the northeast and allows for the developing low pressure system to make some progress into the northeast, but should stay to our northwest, some mixed precipitation moving through the Adirondacks and the Hudson Valley. Mixed mid and high level cloud cover in advance will…
Read MoreNational Visit the Zoo Day – for free…at Roger Williams Park Zoo
Celebrate National Visit the Zoo Day, with free admission for all at the Roger Williams Park Zoo, on Friday, December 27 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Share the holiday spirit with the community by bringing non-perishable food items to benefit the Rhode Island Community Food Bank between 10 am – 1 pm. Cardi’s Furniture…
Read MoreThe North Kingstown Skippers getting ready to defend their title
By John Cardullo, sportswriter The North Kingstown Skippers are getting ready to defend their State basketball title. When seen last, the North Kingstown Boys’ Basketball team was running around on the floor of URI’s Ryan Center celebrating their State Championship win over the Woonsocket Villa Novans in what was to be an improbable finish to…
Read MoreA Christmas gift…by Michael Morse
Photo, Jason Michalski by Michael Morse She actually apologized for calling us. “I didn’t want to bother you, but I can’t stand the pain any longer.” Her home was meticulous, nestled on a quiet street in the Mount Pleasant section of the city, surrounded by beautiful yet modest homes that showed the pride of their…
Read More“If we all would do this, we would rock the world…”, Ray Rickman
We are replaying an inspirational video done by Ray Rickman – this year Ray received two awards and we can think of no greater person to honor.
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