Archive for June 2021
Your RI Weather Today – June 9, 2021
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist After some leftover soft rain around an obscured sunrise, temps will once again climb into the mid and upper 80’s from a sticky morning low around 70, held back by the fairly persistent cloud cover ahead of the frontal system that will work through later in the evening. We could see…
Read MoreIf it’s Wednesday…it’s Sour Grapes! – Tim Jones
by Tim Jones, cartoonist _____ Tim Jones is the creator, artist and writer of the widely popular, self-syndicated comic strip, “Sour Grapes” – a comic about “Aesop”, a miserable flying dog and his odd friends, all living in a problematic and troubled world. Sour Grapes is currently published in multiple newspapers in Rhode Island, Massachusetts,…
Read MoreVaccinating children, as young as 6 months, may be focus by the fall
Moderna’s CEO said at a professional conference yesterday that he predicted that its COVID-19 vaccine will likely be available for children as young as five by the early fall. “I think it’s going to be early fall, just because we have to go down in age very slowly and carefully,” the Cambridge-based company’s CEO Stéphane…
Read MoreTO WORK: Paid training for VETERANS with VRRAP (updated)
Unemployed veterans looking for work! Sign up for the Veteran Rapid Retraining Assistance Program (VRRAP). This program offers education and training for high-demand jobs to Veterans who are unemployed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. There is only a set amount of money and when it’s gone – it’s gone – so get right on this if…
Read MoreKirby Murphy – RI Slow Pitch Softball standout – John Cardullo
by John Cardullo, sportswriter Rhode Island’s Kirby Murphy has become one biggest names ever to play the sport of slow pitch softball in the history of the state. The road to softball stardom seemed like an easy one for William “Kirby” Murphy. Playing on National Championship teams, traveling all over the country to play in…
Read More2nd Amendment cases work their way through SCOTUS
by Jeff Gross, contributing writer The course of the Second Amendment at the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) just took another very positive turn for the better. There are now 4 cases involving the carrying of firearms in public. The 4th and latest is the Young vs State of Hawaii. This case will address the issues of carrying…
Read MoreExposing the pitfalls in private equity financing of hospitals – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI, contributing writer Photo: R.I. Attorney General Peter Neronha, surrounded by his legal team, announcing the decision to approve the transfer of ownership of Prospect Medical Holdings for two Rhode Island hospitals, conditioned on the creation of an $82 million escrow account. R. I. Attorney General Neronha issues unprecedented decision in approving…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today – June 8, 2021
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Another hot, and even more humid day on tap, dew points rising to the low 70’s which, by most measures, is quite disgusting. Morning lows around 70 rise to nearly and I’m sure even topping 90 in spots with a southwesterly breeze before cloud cover increases with an upper disturbance approaching…
Read MorePat Paolino Cruz: “Rhode Island Beyond Visiting Magazine & Resource Guide”
If you’re thinking about moving to Rhode Island or are already a local who’d like more info on our ‘Little Rhody’, just like the current real estate market, Rhode Island Beyond Visiting is what’s all the buzz is about. An annual publication produced by Rhode Island native, Pat Paolino Cruz, it is filled with articles and need-to-know…
Read MoreWe still get our hands stuck in the cookie jar – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly” – Aristotle 384-322 BC The scandals of the Deep -Water Horizon oil spill and the Wells Fargo account manipulation fraud, among other notable scandals (Enron and WorldComm for example)…
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