Archive for August 2020
Coyotes! Here’s what to do.
Early morning. Residential area. Older dogs. Coyotes where they shouldn’t be. Two dogs have been killed in Rhode Island in just as many days. The first was an older dog in Johnston, who lived at a fenced home that backed up to a wooded area. It was early morning and the dog was attacked by…
Read MoreRally for a Safe Return to School, Petition to Gov. Raimondo
This petition will be delivered to the Governor on Friday 8.14 at 3pm in front of the RI State House. “We are concerned parents, school employees and community stakeholders who are part of R.I. Parents / Educators for Safe Schools, a Facebook group with more than 15,000 members, and we are uncomfortable with the state’s…
Read MoreRI Weather Today – August 13, 2020
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Trough makes little progress, warm and humid air still in place through the day. We’ll see a bit more cloud cover, maybe a shower in the southwestern part of the region behind the trough, but nothing significant to help our mini drought. Afternoon highs in the upper 80’s from morning lows…
Read MoreFighting for the Right to Parent
Most expectant mothers never consider the possibility that someone could prevent them from taking their babies home from the hospital. But disabled parents routinely face ignorance and outright bias from otherwise highly trained healthcare professionals about their ability to care for an infant. In 2018, a blind Oregon couple was told that they could not…
Read MoreRI Weather Today – August 12, 2020
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Heat continues with a slight chance of showers as a weakening surface trough stalls out over the area. Afternoon highs climbing to around 90 again from a low in the mid 70s with a southwesterly breeze under some building cumulus clouds.
Read MoreRecord-breaking number of entrants for Newport’s Ida Lewis Distance Race
Photo: Ken Read and Suzy Leech will sail the Jeanneau Sun Fast 3300 Alchemist against 19 other highly competitive doublehanded teams at the Ida Lewis Distance Race presented by Jeanneau America, which starts on Saturday. (photo credit Billy Black) The Ida Lewis Distance Race presented by Jeanneau Americaand scheduled for Saturday, August 15, has a record-breaking 74 entries, indicating how much…
Read MoreIf it’s Wednesday – it’s Sour Grapes!
by Tim Jones, 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 MoreI want people to know they have rights
by Charles “Chas” Calenda I want people to know they have rights. There are many things happening in the fast-paced world we’re all maneuvering. From Executive Orders from the president on down to the governor, there are many issues that question legal parameters. And – there are many rights you have as a business owner,…
Read MoreI choose the VA Health System…every time
Many years ago, two good friends of mine, Jesse Jeselonis and Ron Camaioni, recommended becoming part of the VA Health System. I procrastinated but they none the less kept after me. I am very thankful they did. At the Providence VA you are treated like a person, not like a number, like a paycheck or…
Read MoreDiscover Beautiful Rhode Island – with Jason Michalski
Jason’s photography delights us with the beauty of our state. This is the Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge. “The devil said you can’t withstand the storm. I replied, “I am the storm!” The refuge is one of five national wildlife refuges in Rhode Island. About 200 million years ago, when the supercontinent Pangaea split, Africa…
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