Archive for March 2020
That is what we do here in America. We help people.
by Michael Morse, contributing writer (Photo: “Migrant Worker”, Dorothea Lange, from The Family of Man) She sat in a dark apartment, with her coat on because it was freezing in there, two directors’ chairs that probably came from Walmart, the only furniture in the place other than a twin-sized bed, without a headboard or sheets,…
Read MoreRIDOT Weight Restricts 13-year-old Lafayette Bridge, Ramps Up Truck Weight Enforcement – tonight at RI State House
RI Trucking Association Statement: DOT Weight-Restricts 13-Year Old Bridge, Ramps Up Truck Weight Enforcement Davisville Bridge, completed in 2007, is posted with a restriction due to structural deficiency while state, which sells overweight permits, continues redirection of blame with new legislation increasing truck weight fines On Friday, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) placed…
Read MoreCelebrate with Bookkeeping Towne -Tonight, 3/3/20
Join community leaders, business professionals, dignitaries and Lt. Gov. Daniel McKee highlight the festivities commemorating the first anniversary of Bookkeeping Towne, LLC in East Providence. CEO and Founder, Dolly Towne, DCB, plans on celebrating her milestone with an Open House taking place at her new office on 1275 Wampanoag Trail (Rte. 114) on Tuesday, March…
Read MoreCoronavirus in RI: Are we Keeping Seniors Safe?
Children, naturally, tug at our heart… There has been exposure of children in Rhode Island to the coronavirus, and we have a few on self-isolation in their homes. The schools those children attend are being specially cleaned. One school is closed for 2 days with another closed for the entire week. What’s happening all around…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update – March 3, 2020
UPDATED 6:30am; Internationally In Italy, advice is to ask those over 65 to go out as little as possible in the next two or three weeks. They are also bringing physicians out of retirement to work on the pandemic. The Ayatollah’s chief advisor and several others in close leadership have been said to have died…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, Tuesday 3/3/20:
By Jack Donnelly, meteorologist After some light morning rain, we may actually see some veiled midday sunshine before a developing frontal system works through the area and deposits some more light rain later on in the evening and into the overnight hours Wednesday. With persistent southerly flow ahead of the cold front, temperatures should climb…
Read MoreVideo of Manhattan in 1911 – simpler times…
by David Brussat, contributing writer – Architecture Here and There A horseless carriage putt-putts and three amused men stroll past the Flatiron Building. This is, I am pretty sure, the best video of old New York City that I’ve come across. At eight and a half minutes, it is among the longest, with crisp photography…
Read MoreNetworking Pick of the Week – Spoil Me Rotten
A little time for fun, friends and feeling fabulous – at Spoil Me Rotten – an event of the Central Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce – on Wednesdsay, March 4th, from 5 to 7:30pm at Harbor Lights, 150 Gray Street in Warwick. This unique event will have time for getting pampered, signature cocktail, door prizes,…
Read MoreDeath by Meetings – Monday Business Focus
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “The hard truth is, bad meetings almost always lead to bad decisions, which is the best recipe for mediocrity.” Patrick Lencioni, from his book. Death by Meetings During my 30-year corporate career, I often led meetings, reviews, strategy sessions, team meetings, etc. In the rather undisciplined work culture I came…
Read MoreChamber Focus – The RI Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
The RI Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is an organization created to represent, promote and empower our growing Hispanic business community. The Chamber was founded in May of 2016 and incorporated in the state of Rhode Island to support the needs of local businesses and build strong relationships between corporate America and the Hispanic-owned businesses in Rhode…
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