Archive for January 2020
Pawtucket 2020 schedule for free disposal of residents’ mattresses, box springs, e-waste
Mayor Donald R. Grebien announced that the City of Pawtucket in partnership with MTG Disposal, its trash and recycling vendor, will continue to provide an added service to Pawtucket residents seeking to get rid of old electronics, as well as mattresses and box springs. The mattress and e-waste drop off will occur on the first…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, Friday 1/10/20:
By Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Southwesterly breezes pick up ahead of a developing low pressure system over the upper mid-west and Great Lakes bring warmer air into our region for the next couple of days, but the clouds are coming too. We’ll have a morning low in the mid 20’s under partly cloudy skies, warming to…
Read MoreLargest One-year Drop in Cancer Mortality
American Cancer Society The death rate from cancer in the US declined by 29% from 1991 to 2017, including a 2.2% drop from 2016 to 2017, the largest single-year drop ever recorded, according to annual statistics reporting from the American Cancer Society. The decline in deaths from lung cancer drove the record drop. Deaths fell…
Read MoreThe Good, the Bad, and the Ugly… this week in Rhode Island – 1/10/20
By Nancy Thomas THE GOOD Patrick Kennedy In an interview with a national news show, Kennedy talked about life after addiction and what he finds valuable – he talked about running around his dining room with whipped cream cupcakes with one of his five children as the highlight of his day. For those who experienced…
Read More“My name is Lincoln Chafee. I’m running for President. As a Libertarian”
Yesterday, at the National Press Club, former Rhode Island mayor, senator and governor – and former Democrat, Republican, and Independent – gave a 25+ minute speech about why he has decided to run for President, for the second time, and this time as a Libertarian. He addressed several issues and took questions. From the war…
Read More29th Annual Fakes & Forgeries Show with Michael Rose
Exhibit Dates: January 18, 2020 – February 28, 2020 Opening Reception: Saturday, January 18, 2020 Spring Bull Gallery, Newport Artistic Reproductions or Creative Interpretations of the Old and the New Masters “Fakes and Forgeries” will be juried by Michael Rose, an art historian, gallerist, and appraiser based in Providence, RI. Currently, Michael is the Gallery…
Read MoreSCOTUS, Gun Control, and another RI Legislative Session
By Jeff Gross, for RINewsToday.com On December 2nd, 2019, the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) heard the New York City gun case. The City of New York attempted to moot the case on July 22nd after SCOTUS gave a Writ of Certiorari. That mootness was denied by SCOTUS. Argument date was set, and SCOTUS stated to counsels:…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, Thursday 1/9/20:
By Jack Donnelly, meteorologist High pressure to the west pushing into southern New England will keep the northwesterly winds up and gusting into the high 20’s through morning, before the high center settles in and the winds subside. Plenty of sunshine through some higher thin clouds won’t help warm things up much given all of…
Read MoreAddiction Happens in 5 Days
New RI Ad Campaign Targets 18-34 Year Olds in RI with Truth Initiative Truth Initiative is America’s largest nonprofit public health organization dedicated to making tobacco use a thing of the past. Our mission is clear: achieve a culture where all youth and young adults reject tobacco. Four new advertising theme campaigns will begin in Rhode…
Read MoreRI State Assoc of Firefighters President calls on Middletown Leadership “to regain their moral compass”
Submitted by Joseph A. Andriole Monday’s Town Council meeting in Middletown had well over a hundred members of the public looking for answers from the Town Council regarding the inadequate staffing of the Fire Department and the events of a recent house fire that left an 11-year-old girl and her father burned and hospitalized. It was a surreal and unnerving experience…
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