Archive for March 2020
If it’s Wednesday, it’s Sour Grapes!
by Timothy Jones, contributing cartoonist Tim Jones is the creator, artist and writer of the widely popular, self-syndicated comic strip, “Sour Grapes” – a comic about “Aesop”, a miserable flying dog and his odd friends, all living in a problematic and troubled world. Sour Grapes is currently published in multiple newspapers in Rhode Island, Massachusetts,…
Read MoreNew Mainstream Women’s Group Launches in Rhode Island
Rhode Island Women for Freedom & Prosperity, the voice of pro-liberty women in the Ocean State, today announced the launch of its new group, with Susan Wynne to serve as its primary spokeswoman and head of the group’s executive committee. “Our goal is to give voice to the silent majority of moderate and conservative women in our…
Read MoreMarket Basket coming to Johnston – first store in Rhode Island
Market Basket, a Massachusetts based supermarket chain will open its first Rhode Island store in 2021 in Johnston. The news was announced today by Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena and Market Basket President/CEO Arthur T. Demoulas. The new store will be located at 1300 Hartford Avenue, the original site of BJ’s, which moved to 200 Stone…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, Wednesday 3/11/20
By Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Overnight showers end before sunrise and then we’ll see some early daylight before cloud cover generated by a weak upper level disturbance rolls on in from mid-morning to late afternoon. No rain, just high stratus to bottle in whatever heating we get, which will be limited given the high pressure to…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update – Today, March 11, 2020
GOOD NEWS Research – $125M to find coronavirus drugs started by Gates Foundation, Wellcome, & Mastercard China has an app to tell people if they are quarantined any longer, depending upon their health and travel history. The Stock Market rallied back and ended up 1,167, or 4.89% Progress on federal programs to provide paycheck security…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, Tuesday 3/10/20
By Jack Donnelly, meteorologist An approaching cold front will be the focus for some light rain developing later in the afternoon and evening, but not before another warm day, although not quite as warm as yesterday’s record breaker. Afternoon highs expected to hover in the mid 60’s with thickening cloud cover and some gusty southwesterly…
Read MoreExecutive Order: The Two Paths Ahead
By David Brussat, contributing writer, architecture The draft executive order that is stirring within the Trump administration is forcing classicists in the field of architecture to choose one of two paths forward. The path that goes through the E.O., if it is not already throttled in its cradle, will give a boost to beauty in…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, Tuesday, March 10, 2020
(We feel it’s important to share some turn-around good news – and we fear this may soon become like a snowstorm where everything is closed or canceled – also, after today we will report only major or unusual case #s reported…here we go…as always, updates from original publication time in italics) GOOD NEWS Riders on…
Read More“Don’t Punish Pain” Rally
The “Don’t Punish Pain” Rally to support a bill to provide access to medicine for those suffering from chronic pain will be held on Thursday, March 19, 2020 in the Rotunda of the Rhode Island State House, from 2:30 to 4pm. Claudia Merandi, advocate for people with chronic pain, and founder of the nationwide ‘Don’t…
Read MoreIs the state guilty of neglect at Woonsocket’s Community Care Alliance?
By Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI.com The wooden signpost, painted in a bit of whimsy, attached to a tree in the playground built by volunteers from Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island as part of their Blue Angel efforts a few years back, pointed south, with “Disney” in white letters on a blue background, and…
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