Archive for April 2020
Take the bus? RIPTA wants to know what you think…
The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) wants to know how satisfied customers are with the services it provides. The transit authority is inviting community groups to take its eighth, annual online Customer Satisfaction Survey available on the RIPTA website through Sunday, April 15, 2020. Visit RIPTA’s website www.ripta.com and click on the Survey Link…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, Wednesday 4/1/20
By Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Low pressure gets pulled back a bit closer to the southeastern New England shore with clouds and light rain moving over the Cape later in the evening, mainly clouds affecting Rhode Island, no rain expected other than a possible bit of drizzle late. High pressure will be sliding southward to our…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update – Today, April 1, 2020
NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL House Speaker Pelosi says she foresees Vote by Mail for the November election. GE jet engine factory workers protest – want to make ventilators Nydia Velazquez tests positive and US Capitol Sergeant at Arms says all members should work from home Italy held a moment of silence today for the dead and…
Read MoreIf it’s Wednesday – it’s Sour Grapes!
by Tim 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 More“Memorial Hospital stands ready to answer the call” – Pawtucket & Central Falls Mayors
In a letter sent March 30th to Care New England’s CEO and board of directors, Mayor Donald Grebien and Mayor James Diossa together, are urging the opening of their community’s hospital, Memorial Hospital, which was provisionally shuttered about two years ago. The hospital had over 200 beds and more than a dozen ICU units. Here…
Read MoreNew Coronavirus Test – Done in 13 Minutes
Today begins drive-through coronavirus testing for those with a primary care physician’s order, with locations at CCRI, RIC and URI. The test is the original nasopharyngeal test which is a specialty swab that goes to the deep end of the nose, taking several days to issue results. It also requires full PPE – personal protective…
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