Archive for March 2020
Discover Beautiful Rhode Island – with Jason Michalski
by Jason Michalski, contributing photographer Be kind and respectful to yourself and others. If people reach out to you – thinking of you – or just seeing how you are, respond with gratitude. Always strive to be your best and surround yourself with those who make you feel best. Photography is healing to me. There…
Read MoreIn The Arena with Joe Paolino, Jr. & Richard Arenberg, Watson Institute
Each week Joe Paolino, Jr. interviews people of interest on his program, “In The Arena”. The show airs at 7am on Sundays on ABC6. This week Paolino interviewed Richard Arenberg, of The Watson Institute at Brown University. They discussed the sudden swing that lifted Joe Biden, the ongoing concerns of the Coronavirus and how bi-partisanship…
Read MoreUSA – #CoronavirusStrong
by Jeff Gross, contributing writer With the impending crisis this writer decided to do the unthinkable. I needed a few essentials to get by the next weeks, so why not endure the storm and see if indeed the stores were really out of toilet paper? Visions of Cabbage Patch doll mayhem came to mind. What actually happened…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update – Today – March 15, 2020
GOOD NEWS First RI coronavirus patient, a faculty member at St. Ray’s has been discharged from the hospital. So. Korea’s huge success in testing must be moderated by realizing that 97% tested negative – or positive for a regular kind of flu/cold/infection – NOT for Covid19 NBA players are helping the hourly workers who work…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, Sunday, 3/15/20:
By Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Our weak front will have passed east, taking a good portion of the cloud cover with it, and we’ll be left with lots of midday and afternoon sunshine with coolish highs in the upper 40’s up from morning lows in the mid 30’s. Winds will have calmed down and shifted to…
Read More“I Voted” – make sure you can say that – Absentee process here…
Not knowing where we will find ourselves come Rhode Island primary time, perhaps a “preparedness” measure is to request an absentee ballot. You can do this easily – it takes about 2 minutes to complete – and you mail it back to your local elections office – usually City Hall in the city where you…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update – Today – March 14, 2020
INTERNATIONAL Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson are in isolation at a hospital in Australia England – Anyone with new persistent cough or high temperature will have to self-isolate at home for 7 days Kenya has its first case and cancels all large public gatherings Brazilian president who tested positive – now tests negative G7 leaders…
Read MoreA Lively Experiment with Jim Hummel, March 14, 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 Dave Layman Brandon Bell Wendy Schiller Topics (please note subjects may change) All Things Coronavirus Bernie vs. Biden A Lively Experiment airs on RIPBS Fridays at 7pm, Saturdays at 7pm, and Sundays…
Read MoreRI Weekend Weather Wrap – Sat/Sun, 3/14 & 15, 2020
By Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Saturday, March 14, 2020 A weak cold front will approach from the west and largely stay to our north and mostly be a cloud event, no precip expected as it’s moisture-starved. We’ll have a mostly clear morning with a low in the upper 30’s followed by high cirrus-veiled afternoon sunshine and…
Read MoreThis too shall pass…
by Michael Morse, contributing writer It is in the heat of battle where true heroes are born. People who prior to being faced with insurmountable odds never considered themselves particularly brave find within themselves the strength, determination and courage to stand tall, dig deep, and get the job done. This is America. We do not…
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