Archive for December 2020
Sweet Potato Latkes for Hanukkah
by Anthony Salemme, contributing Chef Happy Hanukkah! 1 ½ pound sweet potatoes, peeled and shredded 1 medium yellow onion, chopped fine 3 tablespoons chives, chopped fine 3 eggs ½ cup flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt – 2 teaspoons black pepper 1 cup vegetable oil for frying (Sour Cream – Apples – applesauce)…
Read MoreYour Coronavirus Update – Today, Dec. 12, 2020
RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY The positive rate in Worcester is at 26% right now according to Dr. Michael Hirsh, Worcester’s Medical Director. Some first people to receive the vaccine in RI have already received their appointment times for late next week. Kent & Women & Infants will receive over 900 doses each for next week.…
Read MoreUS FDA – It’s a “Go” for Pfizer vaccine
Late on Friday, Dec. 11th, the FDA issued their approval: FDA Takes Key Action in Fight Against COVID-19 By Issuing Emergency Use Authorization for First COVID-19 Vaccine Action Follows Thorough Evaluation of Available Safety, Effectiveness, and Manufacturing Quality Information by FDA Career Scientists, Input from Independent Experts Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued…
Read MoreKennedy Plaza is still at risk
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer, architecture Efforts by the city and state governments to make Kennedy Plaza ugly have not yet succeeded in making it fail. But the attempt to ruin the central public square of Providence is ongoing. The plaza’s beauty has diminished greatly since its Art Nouveau waiting kiosks…
Read MoreRI Weekend Weather Wrap – Sat/Sun, Dec 12/13, 2020
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Saturday 12/12/20: A cold front drops in from the northwest and delivers just about a days’ worth of rain from just before noon onward into the evening. Afternoon highs will hover in the mid 40’s and evening lows will drop to the upper 30’s after the cold front passes through. Winds…
Read More6 Feet Closer: The Winter Action Project
Helping the homeless of Providence during these trying times Performance Adjusting, a public insurance adjusting company in North Providence, Rhode Island, has started 6 Feet Closer: The Winter Action Project which brings the community together while physically staying 6 feet apart. They have raised $2,025 out of their goal of $2,500 to buy food, water,…
Read MoreYour Coronavirus Update – Today, Dec. 11, 2020
Photo: The Marvel Comic, “VITALS”, honoring nurses, will be out on Dec. 30th. It is “Dedicated to the 4000 AHN nurses and their leaders who proved superheros are anything but fiction”. You can read it online, here: https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/93069/the_vitals_true_nurse_stories_2020 RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY At its most critical time of death and cases, the RI Dept. of…
Read MoreGriefSpeak: Death Ends a Life, Not a Relationship
By: Dr. Mari Dias “The Waiting is the hardest part Every day you see one more yard You take it on faith, you take it to the heart The waiting is the hardest part (Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Hard Promises, 1981) (Names and locations changed to preserve confidentiality) Sarah was ten years old when…
Read MoreRI Weather Today – Fri, Dec 11, 2020
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Winds more out of the southwest means slightly higher temperatures today, afternoon high in the low 50’s from chilly morning lows in the upper 20’s. Some high cloud cover later on in the day ahead of a cold front to the west. Some gusts in the afternoon, but not damaging.
Read MoreUPDATED: RI Nursing Home and LTC Facility increases in COVID19 Cases/Fatalities
In the last month and a half, the coronavirus has once more hit our nursing homes hard. We can expect that to continue, with only the hope of a vaccine to stop it. The increases in the past 7 weeks have a concerning uptick. Week of – New Cases – Additional Fatalities Oct. 21 –…
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