Archive for December 2020
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over – RI State Police Chiefs & MADD Team Up
The Rhode Island Police Chiefs’ Association (RIPCA) announced that it will be participating in the Mothers Against Drunk Driving-Rhode Island’s annual “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign, which is taking place over the next month. The goal of the campaign is to honor victims who have lost their lives, or who were tragically injured,…
Read MorePawtucket City Calendar Provides Key Info & Photos
Photo: Splendor of Afternoon Light, Alan Roseman, Rehoboth, MA COVID-19 Presents Its Challenges to Unique Photo Contest It is hot off the press. Mayor Donald R. Grebien announces that the official 2021 City Calendar is now available at Pawtucket City Hall, 137 Roosevelt Avenue, and various municipal sites throughout the City. Due to the huge…
Read MoreRI Media Outs & Abouts
by Nancy Thomas, publisher It’s been a year! When we started this article it was to note the media’s comings and goings from Rhode Island, or from jobs in Rhode Island. But then it became more than that. There has been no bigger year for growth and change in media than this surreal 2020. We’ve…
Read MoreRI Weather Today – Thurs, Dec. 31, 2020
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Our cold front sweeps through overnight into the early morning with some light rain showers ending by 9am, and winds will be dragging in dryer air as dew points drop in the lower levels. Higher cloud cover will remain behind the frontal passage as warm air aloft is forced from the…
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, California…
Read MoreRI Weather Today – Wed, Dec. 30, 2020
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist A midwestern storm system will be advancing eastward, but will spare us for another day, or at least until late at night when the first drops of rain are likely after 2am. There’s a strong southwesterly component to the system’s flow, so we will be warming gradually through the afternoon and…
Read MoreYour Coronavirus Update – Today, Dec. 30, 2020
RHODE ISLAND AND VICINITY Central Falls vaccination of the general public will be held today. Knights of Columbus Hall is one site. Residents of Central Falls Housing Authority high rises may be the first group to receive the vaccine. Residents over 18 only. This is the first group of general public to be vaccinated. Next…
Read MoreA look back on 2020 – what a year it was for sports…by John Cardullo
A look back on 2020 – what a year that it was…by John Cardullo By John Cardullo, sportswriter Photo: We may have been knocked down, but we got back up! On midnight December 31st the entire world will watch as we usher out what has been inarguably the worst year that mankind has witnessed in…
Read MoreRI Weather Today – Tues, Dec. 29, 2020
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist High pressure builds in behind yesterday’s frontal passage with clear and dry air settling in for the day. We may see some sparse afternoon high cloud cover, but barely enough to warrant a mention. Afternoon highs in the upper 30’s with evening lows in the mid 20’s….right about the normal range…
Read MoreMayor-elect Rivera’s Central Falls leadership team & agenda
As Central Falls Mayor-elect Maria Rivera prepares to be sworn into office on January 4, 2021, she is announcing her new leadership team and appointments for the city. “Central Falls has made incredible progress over the last eight years under Mayor Diossa’s administration, and it’s important for me that our city departments, boards, and commissions…
Read More