Archive for May 2020
Your Coronavirus Update – Today, May 19, 2020
(Photo: Scientist, Moderna, Cambridge, MA) NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL Moderna, in Cambridge, MA has positive news about their vaccine, which also sent the stock market higher in confidence a vaccine is soon to be discovered. Texas schools will be allowed to open for summer classes Crane Beach in Ipswich, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln,…
Read MoreYour Coronavirus Update – Today, May 18, 2020
NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL The New York Stock Exchange opens with some staff back on the floor, distancing guidelines put into place. New York City has said if they have to put up fences to keep people off their beaches on Memorial Day they will. Number of coronavirus deaths in U.S. surpasses 90,000 Las Vegas airport…
Read MoreProductivity Propaganda
By Mary T. O’Sullivan “Turn Your Wounds into Wisdom” – Oprah Winfrey An ice cream shop owner closes his shop after a customer verbally abused him. A man shoots and kills four people in a Tennessee Waffle House. In Chicago, with mental health facilities shut down, patients who otherwise would be under intense care are…
Read MoreNetworking Pick of the Week: Get Organized
Join others to – Get Organized! – all while networking, too. The Central Chamber of Commerce will host a virtual ZOOM event on Wednesday, May 20th, from 9:30-10:30am with Rachel Fontaine of Fontaine Organizing. This free event is an informal virtual gathering with a focus on organizing in the time of COVID. If you’re feeling…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, Monday 5/18/20:
By Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Fairly persistent high cloud cover on either side of a stationary front rules the day with perhaps a glimpse or two of the sun peeking through thinning breaks in the overcast from time to time. We’re not expecting any rain with this front other than a stray and lonely drop out…
Read MoreOn Freedom… Jeff Gross
by Jeffrey Gross, contributing writer Updated: April 1, 2022 – It seems appropriate to revisit this column where I opined on the importance of freedom in America – the first amendment rights we all enjoy – why countries are engaged in terrible wars to get what we have. So – this week we”ll rerun this…
Read MoreBusinesses: Reopening RI – Control Plan is due May 18.
If YOU are open for business tomorrow – you must complete your Control Plan by Monday, May 18th. If you are getting a later start, here is a summary and some resources to get all the information you need. The most important part is to complete your COVOD-19 Control Plan. A template is on the…
Read MoreWhy? Because I love you…
by Hershey Rosen & Nancy Thomas This is a time of worry and concern. A time to think about survival, and our own mortality. If you are like many heads of households, or parents, or someone who others depend on, you have another level of concern. How will those I love do, if something happens…
Read MoreIn the Arena – TF Green President Iftikhar Ahmad & Joe Paolino, Jr.
Each week Joe Paolino, Jr. interviews people of interest on his program, “In The Arena”. The show airs at 7am on Sundays on ABC6. Iftikhar Ahmad, President and CEO of the RI Airport Corporation, is Paolino’s guest. Here is “In The Arena” – remotely – for May 17, 2020:
Read MoreSocial Security – the Third Rail in Politics
By Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging As Congress begins to hammer out the fifth coronavirus stimulus package to continue its efforts to jump start the nation’s economy, President Donald Trump warns he will not sign any bill that does not include a payroll tax cut. “We’re not doing anything without a payroll tax cut,”…
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