Archive for May 2020
Coronavirus Update – Today, Sunday, May 3, 2020
(Photo: Everyone carefully social distancing; following the rules at The Farmer’s Daughter in So. Kingstown) NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL $12 Billion and 3 Million jobs lost so far to sports – ESPN survey says if fall sports are lost the $12 Billion could double. Triple Crown Virtual Kentucky Derby Singapore to ease some restrictions as it…
Read MoreNetworking Pick of the Week: RI Black Business Association (RIBBA)
The RI Black Business Association will hold a ZOOM meeting on Thursday, May 7th at 6pm – Manage through New Normal. Hear from local professionals who are finding new ways to manage through the new normal of working remotely and social distancing. They’ll share strategies around self-care and stress reduction. Register in advance is required,…
Read More“Anyway” – 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. He was an old white…
Read MoreRI Weekend Weather Wrap, Sat/Sun – May 2/3, 2020
RI Weather Weekend Wrap – Sat/Sun – May 2 & 3, 2020 By Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Saturday 5/2/20: Whatever lingering showers we get overnight will be gone by sunrise as clearing occurs as dry air moves in driven by high pressure to the southwest. Morning lows in the upper 40’s climbing to the upper 60’s…
Read MoreNEW! “Dear Dee,” Communication Advice
“Dear Dee,” Communication Advice A new feature to start on Saturdays. Please join us in meeting – Dee! Is one of your personal or professional relationships splintered or in a shambles because of a lack of communication, miscommunication or some type of communication breakdown? Bring your problem to Dee for communication advice. She’ll provide you…
Read MoreSocial Distance Trout Fishing
When COVID-19 entered the USA, the virus disrupted a lot. Severely impacted, and currently unnecessary, is Social Distance Trout Fishing. Social Distance Trout Fishing was a compromise created by the RI DEM between the over-reaching Governor and constitutionalists – like this writer. Worse yet, for the first time in history trout fishermen were limited to what days…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update – Today, Saturday, May 2, 2020
NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL Parts of Everglades National Park in Florida set to reopen Orange County, California beaches were closed, though widely ignored; many say they being as careful as possible when out. There is no enforcement but there is in other beach areas. Chicago‘s Freedom Movement USA is demonstrating in the streets NYC nursing home…
Read MoreRI Trucking Association (RITA) Women in Trucking (WIT) Lena Daly Scholarship
Rhode Island Trucking Association (RITA) and the Women In Trucking (WIT) Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit affiliated with the Women In Trucking Association, are pleased to announce the creation of the RITA WIT Foundation Lena Daly Scholarship, recognizing emerging leaders in the trucking industry in the state of Rhode Island. “It was 60 years ago that…
Read MoreWings Over Providence – just in time for Nurses Week
Wings Over Providence – just in time for Nurses Week Wings over Providence, a Providence restaurant owned by Armando Jorgji, did not hesitate to help out nurses and doctors in the community. He put together 60 box lunches for delivery yesterday to Gateway Healthcare on Bacon Street in Pawtucket, serving the Pawtucket and Central Falls…
Read MoreHigh Tech UV Light System joins Thermal Image Scanning at Paolino Properties
As we all consider ways to stay safer, employers are also getting their plans together for cleaning, masks for employees, and rearranged physical plant. In downtown Providence, business leader, Joe Paolino, Jr. is taking it to a high tech level – incorporating both a UV Light system and Thermal Inage Scanning. Here is more information…
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