Archive for July 2021
Your RI Weather Today – July 26, 2021
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Most of the upper level energy will have outrun a cold front that will hang just to our west through the day, so any rain will have ended by morning and be moving well out to sea. Humid air will hang around as a result until the front passes late at…
Read MoreHow to Avoid Being the Leader You Don’t Want to Be – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human.”— Aaron Carter, Musician Lessons in Humanity: The best leaders are the ones who show that they are human. They demonstrate that the key to good, effective leadership is to act with more humanity. That means good leaders…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today – July 25, 2021
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist A frontal system moves in from the great Lakes as high pressure retreats, cloud cover through the day with light rain beginning around 7am and carrying into the early afternoon. Cloud cover sticks around until the cold front makes it through the area late Sunday night or early Monday. Morning lows…
Read MoreIn the Arena – RI Speaker of the House, Joseph Shekarchi
Each week Joe Paolino, Jr. interviews people of interest on his program, “In The Arena”. The show airs at 7am on Sundays on ABC6. This week his guest is the RI Speaker of the House, Joseph Shekarchi. They discuss negotiations at the State House, working with members of both parties, the budget, bonds, taxes, and…
Read MoreGimme’ Shelter – Dog-friendly Bella wanting a home
by Erika Cole, Providence Animal Care & Control Meet lovely Bella… I am a middle-aged gal who loves to snuggle up next to everyone and be pet. I do need medication in one of my eyes but, that’s okay, I don’t mind at all when my caretakers put ointment in my eye. I did live…
Read MorePawtucket police & fire report for lifeguard duty – pool’s open
by Nancy Thomas, publisher On a picture perfect day, the sound of flip-flops and squeals came back to this beautiful community pool, the Fairlawn Veterans Park and Pool in Pawtucket. For weeks there was no sound at this pool, except for gently lapping water on a breezy day. Padlocks secured the facility. When it was…
Read MoreThe Blind Emperor – Michael Fine
By Michael Fine © Michael Fine 2020 This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental Nothing is the way it used…
Read MoreHopeHealth Hosts Annual Children’s Bereavement Camp
50 R.I. and Mass. youths to receive support at in-person Camp BraveHeart HopeHealth will hold both virtual and in-person programs for its 15th annual summer grief support camp offering comfort, healing and fun for kids and teenagers adjusting to the loss of a loved one. Camp BraveHeart will be offered via Zoom Monday, July 26,…
Read MoreGames of the XXXII Olympiad… just what we needed in sports – John Cardullo
by John Cardullo, sportswriter Photo: Team USA website Let the Games begin! Tokyo has gathered the best youth athletes in the world and is determined to play the games, despite all the obstacles they had to overcome, and still the unknown ones that they yet must navigate. The hashtag is an appropriate one – #StrongerTogether…
Read MoreSafe Deposit Boxes: Safe? Or tsuris? – Harris N. Hershey Rosen
by Harris N. Hershey Rosen, contributing writer If you have one – a safe deposit box – what’s in it? And where is the box located? Where are the keys? Do you have a bank safe deposit box as well as a lock box or home safe? If you have a bank owned one, how…
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