Archive for August 2020
“Dear Dee…” He needs time and space. Trouble being heard.
By Donna Rustigian Mac, “Dear Dee” Advice Columnist Dear Dee – Episode 13 Well hello—it’s Dee…with your communication advice for the week…so you can speak your truth, be clear, forthright and influential. Let’s create healthy human connections….and trusted relationships in your personal and professional life. Listen to my advice, by clicking on this audio –…
Read MoreRI Nursing Home/Group Home Coronavirus Data
Period ending August 26th: Cases: approx. 3,008 New cases in the past 14 days: 63 Cumulative resident fatalities: 823 (approx. 15 since last update)
Read MorePawtucket’s Art in the Park
Three dates have been added to The Empowerment Factory’s Art in the Park event – September 2nd, 9th, and 12th at Fairlawn Veterans Park in Pawtucket. The Empowerment Factory has hosted free “Art in the Park” in-person programs this summer at the Fairlawn Veterans Park in Pawtucket, RI. The program is geared to children in…
Read MoreRI Weekend Weather Wrap – Sat/Sun, Aug. 29/30, 2020
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Saturday 8/29/20: A frontal system moves through during the day fed somewhat by the remnants of Hurricane Laura. Light rain begins after midnight and passes in waves through the day, with some heavier embedded areas and a thunderstorm or two during the afternoon. We may get a break during the midday…
Read MoreYour Coronavirus Update – Today, Aug. 29, 2020
Photo: Riverdale School, New York, has colorful tents all set to go for their first day of school. NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL Major network TV stations have said they will start their shows up again in November. The Portugal prime minister announced the purchase of 6.9 million vaccines against Covid-19, worth €20 million, adding that in…
Read MoreYour Coronavirus Update – Today, Aug. 28, 2020
Photo: The first monument honoring real women in Central Park was unveiled. The Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument, honors suffragists Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL 45% of Americans say they are “shoring up” their savings because of going through this pandemic experience The Military Officers Association of America is offering…
Read MoreWhat’s ahead for student athletes after the pandemic?
by John Cardullo, sports writer Since the middle of the summer, professional sports seems to have fired back up with little or no bumps in the road. The lesser spectator sports seem to be going along perfectly fine with professional Golf leading the way. The NBA, NHL, and MLB have all resumed and are experiencing…
Read MoreGriefSpeak: The Masks in the Room – by Dr. Mari Dias
by Dr. Mari Dias Excerpts from “Please hear what I’m not saying” (Charles Finn, 1966) “Don’t be fooled by me. Don’t be fooled by the face I wear For I wear a mask, a thousand masks, Masks that I am afraid to take off, and none of them is me… Beneath lies confusion, and fear,…
Read MoreBrown’s plan to “kill” landmark Title IX, Equal Opportunity for Female Athletes Agreement
Newly Uncovered Documents Reveal Brown University Plan to Dismantle Title IX Agreement A series of internal emails and documents made public today reveal an intentional plan by Brown University officials to undermine and ultimately destroy a long-standing consent decree to comply with federal Title IX laws that ensure equal opportunity for female athletes at the university. In…
Read MoreRI Weather Today – Aug. 28, 2020
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Yesterday’s frontal system heads out of town, and we’ll get some partial sunshine for the afternoon before the next frontal system rolls in and provides some more light rainfall after midnight. Before then, afternoon highs will reach the low 80’s from a misty low in the low 60’s and light westerly…
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