Archive for March 2021
12 Metre Yacht Club releases film: 12mR: An Enduring Legacy
12 Metre Yacht Club Releases 12mR: An Enduring Legacy – A Film by Gary Jobson Features the 2019 12mR World Championship in Newport, R.I. Photo: top: Enterprise (US-27) and Courageous (US-26) chasing the Grand Prix fleet to weather at the 2019 12mR World Championship in Newport, Rhode Island. Photo credit: SallyAnne Santos This summer approximately twenty twelves…
Read MoreWhy I Wrote a Book about Leadership – Mary T. O’Sullivan
Why I Wrote a Book about Leadership By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” – Peter Drucker Soon, I’ll be publishing a book about leadership. Here are some of the reasons why. Lessons in Humanity: If you’ve read my earlier blogs, you can glean that the…
Read MoreWhat’s the water truth?
by Nancy Thomas How often we hear the same phrases in news coverage – almost as if there is Script 1 and Script 2 in the virtual airwaves that reporters grab onto – and then we hear ourselves repeating the phrases. For the last week or so there have been consistent comments in most mainstream…
Read MoreGriefSpeak: Dr. Mari Nardolillo-Dias’ book is out
by Nancy Thomas, publisher With RINewsToday.com since 2019, Dr. Mari Nardolillo-Dias has been writing a column called GriefSpeak. Her stories never miss leaving the reader with a poignant memory that will come back to help them in their own loss moments. As Mari says, “loss is loss”, and her insights can apply to the loss…
Read More“Georgia on My Mind” – Herb Weiss
by Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues – opinion Protecting the Voting Rights of Older Adults Rewriting election rules has ramifications for voting accessibility of older adults. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Republicans now control 30 state houses with 18 being controlled by the Democrats, one legislature being nonpartisan. As the…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today – March 29, 2021
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Frontal passage occurs during the day after showers end before sunrise. Strong westerly winds gusting to 45 mph will shift to northwesterly after the cold front passes, and dew points begin dropping as afternoon high temperatures only reach to about 50 with evening lows around 40. Plenty of sunshine through the…
Read MoreProvidence Rotary donates to literacy advancement in Providence schools
Providence Rotary donates $65,000 for literacy advancement tools in Providence Public Schools The Charities Foundation of the Rotary Club of Providence has donated $65,000 to provide literacy advancement tools for more than 5,000 elementary and middle school students in the Providence Public Schools. All the tools can be used in classrooms, in distance learning and by…
Read MoreYour Coronavirus Update – Today, March 28, 2021
RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY Additional COVID-19 vaccination appointments were posted on www.vaccinateRI.org SATURDAY, 3/27, at 5 p.m. Approximately 1,000 slots will be made available for the State-run clinic in South County (132 Fairgrounds Road, West Kingston). These appointments will be for slots on Monday. Vaccine is currently available statewide for people who are 60 to 64, people…
Read MoreAmazing Grace – by Michael Fine
By Michael Fine, contributing writer © Michael Fine 2019 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. The crisis of the…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today – March 27, 2021
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Another low pressure system glides through with basically an all-day rain event in store for us for Sunday, and the winds once again will howl like they’re in a massive hurry to get to Canada, from the south 20-30 mph and gusting over 40 mph. Morning lows in the low 40’s…
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