Archive for May 2021
Your Coronavirus Update – Today, May 18, 2021
RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY Mask-on/Mask-off – Note: Mask regulations and recommendations are changing and inconsistent from venue to venue and state to state. From Gov. McKee – We will align RI’s guidance with CDC’s effective today Tuesday, May 18th. This is an opportunity to get fully vaccinated NOW. Massachusetts will lift all pandemic-related restrictions on…
Read MoreVoter reform must include accessibility for seniors and persons with disabilities – Herb Weiss
By Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues It’s over 540 days until the November 8, 2022 mid-term elections. The clock is ticking, say voter rights advocates, who are gearing up to push back at voting bills they see as restrictive being introduced at multiple state houses. As of March 24, 2021, GOP State legislators,…
Read MoreWhen Resistance Overcomes Change – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday’s logic” – Peter Drucker We’ve all heard the old adage, “You can’t change anyone else; you can only change yourself.” So, we ask others to change, but have we, ourselves, internalized the change that we’re…
Read MoreNetworking Pick of the Week – So RI Chamber
Virtual Business After Hours with the Southern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce. Wednesday, May 19th, 5pm Grab your “after work beverage of choice” and join the Southern RI Chamber from your own home or office for an hour of virtual networking. Everyone will have the opportunity to address the group for 1-2 minutes to let…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today – May 17, 2021
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist High pressure slides to our south and helps keep the lower levels of the atmosphere fairly dry. There exists the chance for some mid-afternoon light passing showers popping up, but nothing organized. We’ll have plenty of sun on either side of the lightly convective cloud cover, with morning lows in the…
Read MoreTO WORK: Ortho Rhode Island Career Fair – Great careers. Great care.
An unusual Career Fair will be held on Wednesday of this week as Ortho Rhode Island tries to fill open positions at its brand new facility next to the Crowne Plaza in Warwick, and other locations. The “Great Careers. Great Care” Career Fair will be held this Wednesday, May 19th from 9am to 5pm at…
Read More5th Annual RI Quahog Week, May 17-23
Governor Dan McKee joined by DEM Director Janet Coit, Mayor Frank J. Picozzi, and commercial quahoggers from the RI Shellfishermen’s Association at a special event at the Town Dock, in Warwick, Friday afternoon, to kick off the 5th Annual Rhode Island Quahog Week. Quahog Week, which runs May 17 to May 23, highlights the importance…
Read MoreGimme’ Shelter – Duane & Eddy
Hey out there! We offer bleps and judgements for free! We are Duane and Eddy and we came from a hoarding situation a while ago and we are just starting to come around. You may remember Emma and Emily our family members. We are the last of the bunch here are as always the slowest…
Read MoreBishop Tobin: “Dear brothers and sisters, it’s time. It’s time to come home…”
On Friday, Bishop Tobin posted a letter to the Roman Catholic Diocese parishoners to clarify new guidance as the CDC decides fully vaccinated people can go without masks or social distancing indoors or outdoors:
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today – May 16, 2021
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist An upper level trough sweeps through in the afternoon, increasing the chances for some afternoon convective showers and even a thunderstorm most likely in the northwestern arc inland from Narragansett Bay. Morning lows in the mid 50’s and afternoon highs in the mid 70’s with continued southwesterly breezes.
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