Archive for November 2020
Election Results in 2020 – what did we expect?
Updated… Early voting and a pandemic. Massive voter turnout. All are having extraordinary influence on our national – and our local – elections. National On the national level it’s been a night. With the states of too close to call, and the magic electoral number just out of reach for both presidential candidates, we saw…
Read MoreNewport Restaurant Week – Nov. 6-15, 2020
This year’s Newport Restaurant Week will definitely look different this season (as most things have in 2020), but nonetheless we’re committed to helping restaurant doors stay open, and to making you feel safe while you’re there. The emphasis this season is on everyone’s favorite thing: deals. It’s Newport Restaurant Week remixed, with an assortment of…
Read MoreRI Coronavirus Update – Today, Nov. 3, 2020
Photo: March 1, 2020 – Providence Journal headline: “2 have now tested positive for coronavirus after Saint Raphael Academy field trip to Europe; students, chaperones on trip quarantined” NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL Virus Hospitalizations Are Up in N.Y.C. But This Time, It’s Different – NYTIMES headline – Patients with serious cases are spending less time in…
Read MoreTrouble ahead, trouble behind…
By Dr. Peter Simon, for Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI.com Photo: “This is an actual ‘decontaminated’ N95 mask that Albany Medical Center gave a nurse to use,” as tweeted out on Friday, Oct. 23, by Pat Kane. In response, Dr. Megan Ranney, an emergency room physician in Rhode Island, responded: “I have no words for how wrong…
Read MoreElection Day – what we’re watching…
Who will be our 46th President of the United States? The states that are shadowed on the map, above, will most likely be the deciding states. Due to the electoral college, votes are distributed somewhat fairly across the US, with the winner getting at least half plus one — or 270 electoral votes. This hybrid…
Read More“We are not enslaved – there are not chains on my arms” – Meeting Bradley Souffrant
By Nancy Thomas He’s complicated. That’s a white person’s description. You might recognize him as the young man on the steps of the RI State House, holding hands with the Governor of Rhode Island, Gina Raimondo. Standing close to her on the night of June 5th with dozens of law enforcement at their back, and…
Read MoreRI Weather Today – Tues, Nov. 3, 2020
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist A small and quick disturbance rolls through early giving us some cloud cover and plenty of breezy conditions that will stick around through early afternoon as we stand in line at the polling places. It’ll pass, and things will calm down and begin to clear by evening, where our low temperature…
Read MoreGoofy new Roger Williams Park “gateway” rejects heritage, by design
by David Brussat, contributing writer, Architecture Here and There Leafing through the November issue of Providence Monthly, I was dismayed to stumble across a short piece, “Gateway to Change,” by Elyse Major, illustrating a gaudy new portal and visitors center planned for the Broad Street entrance to the city’s lovely Roger Williams Park. Thankfully, the…
Read MoreNetworking Pick of the Week: New England Latino Networking
This week’s Networking Pick of the Week is the New England Latino Business Networking group, a free event, with coordinator Jeff Zablatsky. The virtual ZOOM event will be held on Thursday, Nov. 5th from 5 to 6pm. Join this group to build your network and meet new people and make quality connections with other Latinos. Small…
Read MoreRI Weather Today – Mon, Nov. 2, 2020
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Frontal systems clear out of the area,and high pressure begins to build in from the southwest. Northwesterly winds help bring in cool Canadian air, so afternoon highs will be much cooler than normal, somewhere in the upper 30’s following low 30’s in the morning. Winds will be gusting in the 30-40…
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