Archive for May 2021
Rhode Island’s iconic Chan’s Egg Rolls & Jazz now for sale
Photo: Providence College Magazine A Rhode Island and national institution since 1905, Chan’s Fine Oriental Dining has offered the best in Asian cuisine along with some of the most prominent jazz, blues and other musical acts in the world. Known for offering 4 schools of Chinese cooking: Cantonese, Szechwan and Hunan, Mandarin, and Shanghai, with…
Read MoreSCOTUS 2nd Amendment decision will have an impact in RI – Jeff Gross
By Jeff Gross, opinion On Monday, April 26th the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) took a stand to decide whether the Second Amendment extends outside the home. In 2008 and 2010 SCOTUS ruled that citizens have the right to own firearms and that it applies also to the states. In 2008 SCOTUS also ruled that requiring trigger…
Read MoreAs the health care industry turns… – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI.com, contributing writer A wealth extraction system run amok? Has the health care industry in Rhode Island become a commodities market, immersed in a soap opera of private equity acquisition and consolidation? When happens when the patients say “Ouch?” Under the proposed merger of Lifespan, Care New England, and Brown, the Warren…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today – May 4, 2021
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist One frontal system moves offshore with rain ending by midday, then we may see just a glimpse or two of broken sunshine before the next warm front rolls in with some more rain expected later in the nighttime hours. Afternoon highs in the upper 50’s and a northerly breeze with evening…
Read MoreChoose Your Consultants Wisely… A Modern Day Rasputin – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL Consultants are mystical people who ask the company for a number and then gives it back to them. – Unknown It’s not uncommon for leaders to be faced with “big rocks” to solve. (Forbes, “What Are Your Big Rocks?” January 21, 2020) They are complex issues, and with full…
Read MoreWhat would St. Florian do? An East Side design whack-a-mole – David Brussat
Last Thursday, Friedrich St. Florian, the Providence architect, appeared before a subcommittee of the Historic District Commission on the matter of 59 Williams St., just off Benefit Street in the city’s College Hill Historic District. Its members had visited the site to see if more could be done to assure that the cottage and its…
Read MoreOur Networking Pick of the Week – CWE Rhode Island – May Coffee Chat
Join the Center for Women & Enterprise Rhode Island staff for their monthly networking event! All are welcome to grab a cup of coffee or tea and tune in to meet CWE staff, connect with fellow entrepreneurs, and learn how CWE can help you start or grow your business. This week the May Coffee Chat…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today – May 3, 2021
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist A mostly cloudy day with some light rain in the evening as a warm front sits just south of us. Winds will be down for a change, light out of the southeast feeding the low pressure system with Atlantic moisture. Afternoon highs will climb to the mid 60’s under the modifying…
Read MoreYoung people – step right up – and vaccinate
At the High Schools Cranston youth will be stepping it up at Cranston East and Cranston West High Schools today as Cranston became the first announced city to engage in an all-out effort to vaccinate its high schoolers. Today the first clinic is at Cranston East High School from 9am to 3pm in the gym,…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today – May 2, 2021
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Winds shift a bit to a more west-southwesterly direction with high pressure to our south. Warmer air moves in for the day as low pressure develops over the eastern Great Lakes states and drives some cloud development later in the evening. Morning lows in the upper 40’s and afternoon highs in…
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