Archive for July 2021
If it’s Wednesday, it’s Sour Grapes! – Tim Jones
by Tim Jones, cartoonist Tim will be a guest artist at Terrificon at Mohegan Sun this coming weekend. You can see all the info on this site: http://www.terrificon.com ____ 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…
Read MoreGriefSpeak: A letter to my brother – Mari Nardolillo-Dias
By: Mari Nardolillo-Dias “I did it my way” (written by Claude Francoise and Jacques Revaux, English interpretation by Paul Anka, sung by Frank Sinatra). A Letter to My Brother Good Wednesday Morning, Bobby – I’ve texted this salutation to you every day for 4 weeks. Sometimes you responded with a simple emoji, sometimes you didn’t respond at all. But as you told me, you read every one. I continue to…
Read MoreProvidence Resiliency Partnership – infrastructure and climate change – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI Photo: Photograph by Mike Cohea, The Independent Man atop the Rhode Island State House framed by a reddened sun, tinted by the smoke from forest fires in the American West. This summer, the ominous signs of climate change threats have become harder to ignore or deny. Every day, it seems, brings…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today – July 27, 2021
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Cold front having passed in the night, we’ll wake to a warm but drier morning with much lower dew points. We’ll still get some serious heat in the afternoon, but without the oppressive humidity, which will be evident in bluer skies. Afternoon highs in the upper 80’s from morning lows in…
Read MoreIncrease in Legionnaire’s Disease locally. How and where bacteria grows.
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is notifying the public that it has observed an increase in the number of reported cases of Legionnaires’ disease (LD). Between 2014 and 2020, there was an average of 10 cases during the months of June and July each year, ranging from 0-11 cases in a single month.…
Read MoreMLK Community Center’s summer programs at the core of a stronger Newport
With summer in full swing, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center (MLK Community Center) is helping to keep children healthy while school is out. The MLK Community Center provides free meals to children during the summer. This summer, meals are served daily at the MLK Community Center’s Summer Adventure Camp for children enrolled…
Read MoreWarwick’s McDermott Pool opens after repairs. Lifeguard need limits schedule.
by Nancy Thomas, RINewsToday They’re back in the swim in Warwick. Missing the month of July for summertime swim, and $100,000 later, the pool has had malfunctioning pipes and systems fixed – and along with a commitment to keep up a regular maintenance schedule, Mayor Frank Picozzi cut the red ribbon that opened the pool..…
Read MoreWe can prevent “suicide by bridge” – Herb Weiss
By Herb Weiss, contributing writer Photo: top, Bryan Ganley As the General Assembly goes into recess until the fall, Rep. Joseph J. Solomon Jr. (D-Dist. 22, Warwick) sees H-5053, to require safety barriers or netting on the three bridges that connect Aquidneck and Conanicut Islands to the mainland of Rhode Island, as in hiatus. The bill…
Read MoreNetworking Pick of the Week – Harbor Lights w/Central Chamber
The Central Chamber of Commerce’ popular LEADS Luncheon is being held at a perfect summer site – Harbor Lights in Warwick. The luncheon will be held on Friday, July 30th, noon to 1:30pm and is hosted by Slocum Real Estate & Insurance. The Chamber says that “Referrals are a powerful tool for generating new business.…
Read MorePublic defender experience guides outlook of U.S. Judge Mary S. McElroy
By Ealish Brawley ’14, Providence College Magazine, Providence College Judge Mary S. McElroy ’87 had to wait four years, through two presidencies and three nominations, for her appointment to the U.S. District Court for Rhode Island. Such a wait for a prestigious, lifetime seat on the federal bench would have frustrated most, but McElroy’s passion…
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