Archive for February 2021
Gimme’ Shelter – Meet Rudy
Hello! Rudy is a 4-or-so-year-old male who has been fighting for his life on the streets. My time out alone in the big world contributed to my becoming FIV and feline leukemia positive (I am however IFA negative which means that my body is working hard at keeping my viruses subdued!). I also had entropion…
Read MoreAnd now there’s 3 – Johnson & Johnson 1-shot vaccine approved
Saturday night statement from the FDA: On February 27, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the third vaccine for the prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The EUA allows the Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine to be distributed in the…
Read MoreIn The Arena – Joe Paolino, Jr. and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro
Each week Joe Paolino, Jr. interviews people of interest on his program, “In The Arena”. The show airs at 7am on Sundays on ABC6. Today, Paolino talks with Rep. Rosa DeLauro, Congresswoman from Connecticut about post-COVID-19 times in America, her legislative initiatives, the insurgence at the Capitol building and more. Rosa DeLauro is the Congresswoman…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today, Sun, Feb. 28, 2021
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Any filtered sunshine we see in the morning will be fading as another quick-hitter low pressure system approaches from the southwest, with light rain beginning most likely during mid-afternoon and lingering late into the evening. All rain with this one, temps locked up from the upper 30’s in the morning to…
Read MoreThe Man with No Nose – a short story by Michael Fine
by Michael Fine © Michael Fine 2021 This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. He had a smooth face, by…
Read MoreRockaway Riptides – coming of age book by local author
Rockaway Riptides a new publication of local author Harriet Grayson. It’s described as a coming-of-age book for all ages and all times set in the turbulent 1960’s during Vietnam protests, racial riots and Bob Dylan turning electric at the Newport Folk Festival. An ideal novel for people who work with teenagers, live with teenagers, and…
Read MoreA year in architecture – reaffirming the comfort of traditional design for the world – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There – guest column by Michael Diamant Photo: Image of European street scene Below is a guest column by Michael Diamant, a connoisseur of architecture living in Stockholm and founder, in 2012, of the website New Traditional Architecture. He is expected to participate in the annual meeting of the…
Read MoreRemembering Bob D’Uva – Tanya Signore
By Tanya Signore – special to RINewsToday Bob D’Uva was a man who used his talents – a great man who was known on Federal Hill, and well beyond. A creative guy that was kind and helpful to others. A man who believed in newsprint and newspapers continuing on. He created The RI Echo newspaper, which will have…
Read MoreYour Weekend Weather Wrap – Sat/Sun, Feb. 27/28, 2021
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist A mid-western low pressure system moves through and produces a decent amount all-day rain. Temps will be rising into the mid to upper 40’s during the afternoon from mid 30’s in the morning, so threat of snow is minimal, maybe outside the I-295 belt we’ll see a few flakes mixed in…
Read MoreIt’s been one year. Your Coronavirus Update – Today, Feb. 27, 2021
One year ago… Our articles started. Within a few days we were doing regular features, “Your Coronavirus Update…” – and so it has been. 2,502 Rhode Islanders have died. An approximate 118,500 men, women and children have been ill or had asymptomatic diagnosed coronavirus. Here is the opening paragraph of the first story we wrote…
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