Archive for February 2020
TOP STORY: The impact of the closing of Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket
(The top read story of the week was the report on the impact of the closure of Pawtucket’s Memorial Hospital on the community, the rest of the state, and the healthcare and hospital system. Now that we have the study – what is the next step – squarely in the responsibility of the RI Department…
Read MoreIn The Arena with Joe Paolino, Jr. & Rep. Solomon & Denise Panichas
Each week Joe Paolino, Jr. interviews people of interest on his program, “In The Arena”. The show airs at 7am on Sundays on ABC6. You can also watch it here, at RINewsToday.com This week Paolino talks with Rep. Joseph Solomon Jr., D-District 22, and Denise Panichas, executive director for The Samaritans of Rhode Island, join…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, Sunday, 2/23/20
By Jack Donnelly, meteorologist As good a Saturday was, Sunday looks to be an improvement! Adding another 5 degrees or so and dropping the winds will do that. Morning low in the mid 20’s on another clear and dry morning followed by afternoon highs in the low 50’s under a blue sky and very light…
Read MoreSpoonbread & Strawberry Wine: Dinner with Norma Jean Darden
A Black Culinary extravaganza featuring a full course soulful dinner and a keynote by cookbook author Norma Jean Darden will be held on Saturday, February 29th, 2020 at 12pm at Central Congregational Church on Angell Street in Providence. Everyone who buys one ticket by Friday, February 28 at 4pm will be entered to win 2 free Tickets to…
Read MoreStand Clear of the Closing Doors Please – a short story by Michael Fine
By Michael Fine © 2020 by Michael Fine 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, or actual events is purely coincidental. Roland Chesney felt outside himself…
Read MoreA Lively Experiment with Jim Hummel, Feb. 22, 2020
This week’s Lively Experiment features, with Jim Hummel, Executive Director of The Hummel Report, Moderator: Panel Jim Hummel (Moderator) , Exec. Director, The Hummel Report Dan McGowan, Reporter, Boston Globe Eva Mancuso, Attorney and Former Prosecutor Don Roach, Political Contributor Topics (please note subjects may change) Governor Raimondo backs Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg 38 Studios Rhode Island Convention Center Probe Education…
Read More“Our veterans deserve nothing less”. Problems at RI Veterans Home. New State Response
On February 18th, the Italian American War Veterans of Rhode Island has taken the dramatic step of filing a federal ADA complaint against the state of Rhode Island for ADA violations in the “new” RI Veterans Home. The primary two issues are: 1. Automatic door openers not installed on exit doors as required by ADA…
Read MoreAAA’s 5 and 4 Diamond Restaurants in New England (clip and save)
RHODE ISLAND Five Diamond Watch Hill, RI – Coast – in The Ocean House Four Diamond Cara, Newport The Dining Room at Castle Hill Inn, Newport The Vanderbilt Grill, Newport Gracie’s, Providence MASSACHUSETTS Five Diamond The Menton, Boston The Portico by Jeffrey Thompson, in the Wheatleigh, Lenox Topper’s in The Wauwinet, Nantucket Four Diamond Bar…
Read MoreDiscover Beautiful Rhode Island – Newport with Jason Michalski
by Jason Michalski, contributing photographer Sometimes you have to burn some bridges with people and things that don’t serve you – as we go deeper into 2020, let us remember these things. Jason is a US Marine veteran, portrait and landscape photographer, and visual artist. Follow Jason on Instagram to see more of his work…
Read MoreRI Weekend Weather Wrap – Sat/Sun, Feb 22/23, 2020
By Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Saturday, 2/22/20: A relatively cool and crisp morning will yield abundant sunshine as we head through the day, temps warming to a much more tolerable reading in the mid 40’s. Turbulent mixing of the lower atmosphere will lead to some gusty winds blustering in mainly from the west, some winter twig-fall…
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