Archive for April 2021
Top Story of the Week: URI covers up veterans mural after “complaints”.
RINewsToday followed up on this story printed April 22nd and Sept. 12th of 2020 – we found the murals and photographed them as they appear, today. Here is what we found. The educable moment about URI’s history to the students attending may be just as important as the fate of the art underneath the banners…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today – April 25, 2021
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist A frontal system kind of spoils the second half of the weekend, light rain beginning before sunrise and ending by 4 pm, salvaging some the afternoon, so the day won’t be a total loss. Morning and evening lows in the upper 40’s and afternoon highs in the low 50’s with a…
Read MoreOrganizing your information – for others – Harris N. (Hershey) Rosen
by Harris N. “Hershey” Rosen For forty years of manufacturing experience in a company with five locations, covering almost 600,000 square feet of factory space. Back “in the day” before computers could help us store all our information; before ‘just in time’ programs told you what you had in inventory, what you were selling, and…
Read MoreThe Central Knights – there to stay and play – John Cardullo
Photo: Emmanuel Kayhee, Central Knights Football The Central Knight’s football team is undefeated and riding high in their division and hopes for a Super Bowl win at the end of an unforgettable season. For Central football Head Coach Peter Rios and his Central Knights football team, they were not certain that there would even be…
Read MorePrescription Drug Take Back Day – TODAY
Today is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Rhode Island is participating with confidential drop off locations in nearly every community, or only a short drive away. Take some time today and go through those medicine cabinets, bureaus, pocketbooks, and bathroom closets – you might think you don’t have a lot of medication, but most…
Read MoreYour RI Weekend Weather Wrap – April 24/25, 2021
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Saturday 4/24/21: The winds finally back off a bit and warmth returns for a day. Starting out clear with a low temperature in the mid 40’s, we’ll warm to an afternoon high around 70 as cloud cover begins to increase and thicken ahead of a frontal system that we’ll deal…
Read MoreA Duck & Bunny mystery – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer Photo: 312 Wickenden St., c. 1790. (Gowdey Database, PPS) On Easter weekend a colonial-style building at 312 Wickenden St., in Providence, was razed by its new owners, who also owned the Duck & Bunny Snuggery, which was shut for the pandemic. I heard about this calamity…
Read MoreGriefSpeak: Spring, High Season for Suicides – Dr. Mari Dias
By: Dr. Mari Dias “He made up his mind, He wasn’t telling anyone Did he always feel this way, or had it just begun? There’s so much life that he never tasted He has so much love to give – so sad to see it wasted…. We missed the signs of suffering He never really…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today – April 23, 2021
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist The Maritime Low, Appalachian High tag team will give us more of the same as far as the howling winds, but we’ll have warmer air in place, so there won’t be such a sharp bite. More like a good gumming. Morning lows in the mid to upper 30’s rise to afternoon…
Read MoreRon St. Pierre back on-air. “Ron & Jen’s Great Escape” positive podcast. – Herb Weiss
Photo: Jen Brien & Ron St. Pierre By Herb Weiss, contributing writer One might say his career has come full circle from its early beginnings on a small radio station in Woonsocket, to programming and performing on air at popular Rhode Island radio stations, to serving as a sports anchor on television, as well. A…
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