Archive for June 2020
Providence dodged a bullet last Tuesday morning
Photo: Business owners, workers, and the excellent clean & safe crews of the Providence Downtown Improvement District clean up after Tuesday morning’s downtown riots. (WBUR) By David Brussat, Architecture Here and There That’s the good news. For all the horrifying videotape, rioters managed to do little real damage to downtown. Lots of glass was broken,…
Read MoreLt. Gov. McKee: 500 plastic barriers for RI Small Biz Reopening – apply now
Lt. Governor Dan McKee today announced a donation from Warwick-based Oceanside Graphics which will allow the Lt. Governor’s Office to distribute 500 U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved plastic barriers to Rhode Island small businesses with 50 employees or fewer. Barriers will be allocated to help small businesses create a safe environment for employees and…
Read More“Yes, something very wrong is going on here” – by Michael Morse
So, I was thinking about the Providence Firefighter who prepared a speech for the Black Lives Matter rally and told his story for the local news. Then I was thinking about my former union’s president releasing a press release in support of that firefighter. Having stared down the barrel of a police officer’s gun not once,…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, June 9 2020
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Tuesday 6/9/20: A bit more of the same, maybe a degree or three warmer than yesterday. Lots of Sun, some fair weather clouds, gentle southwesterly breezes. We’ll crack 80 for an afternoon high, up from and early low in the upper 50’s. A bit more humidity with the southwesterly flow, but…
Read MoreWhat nursing homes can teach us about health care in a post-pandemic world
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI Photo: by Rupert Whiteley, Nursing assistant Vincent White, left, helps Village House resident Carolina Vincent prepare for a meal. The world is not held together by a cosmic, cause-and-effect glue What the “facts” tell us about the world we live in mean nothing if we do not capture their nuance. On…
Read MoreYour Coronavirus Update – Today, June 9, 2020
Photo: Wedding memories. First it was coronavirus, then it was racial protests… Prohibited from a large wedding because of the virus, the couple was to marry in the courtyard, but the protests were right at the doorstep – they married to the chants of “Black Lives Matter, Black Love Matters”. NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL The global…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, June 8, 2020
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Monday 6/8/20: High pressure with dry air from the northwest builds in for a very nice Monday. Lots of sun and some fair weather cumulus mixed with some high cirrus as well. Temps reach into the upper 70’s in the afternoon from a morning low in the mid 50’s with a…
Read MoreWeekly Update: List of RI Nursing Homes, Group Homes: Approx. 95 new deaths & data inconsistencies
This week’s nursing home/group home data has once again changed in how it is tabulated and the “totals” at the bottom of the columns have not been updated in several weeks. Last week’s totals were not correct – the correct totals were approx. 2,721 cases and 639 deaths. This week’s totals are approx. 2,746 cases…
Read MoreResources for Anti-Racism from Stages of Freedom
by Ray Rickman, Stages of Freedom The national movement protesting systemic racism and police brutality has demonstrated the urgency to address deeply rooted problems that activists have been calling out for decades; to engage with difficult history and an uncertain future; and to act with compassion, empathy, and willingness to change. Naming these needs is…
Read MoreRI Weather Today – Sun, June 7, 2020
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Cold front is well out of our hair with some nice and dry conditions to enjoy for our early Sunday morning. Dewpoints will be dropping into the 50’s post-front, northerly continental winds gusting into the 20 mph range will help keep things dry, with the exception of an upper disturbance that…
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