Archive for December 2021
Get your Holiday(s) on! – at Pawtucket’s Slater Park
If outdoors is indeed a healthier preference for our holiday festivities, the 30 acre Christmas display inside Slater Park in Pawtucket is the place to take a drive. Open all of December, there are 650 decorated Christmas trees and much more. On all nights throughout the month of December, traffic is allowed through the display…
Read MoreART! Gallery Belleau blows us away
Artist’s statement… the work of Christopher R. Belleau Glass has enchanted and challenged me ever since I picked up that first blowpipe at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1981. Born and raised in Wisconsin, I moved to Providence, RI in 1987 to share a studio with a friend. I love my work and feel…
Read MoreHair product recall due to benzene, a known carcinogen
The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) today issued a voluntary product recall to the consumer level of aerosol dry conditioner spray products and aerosol dry shampoo spray products from Pantene, Aussie, Herbal Essences, and Waterless produced in the United States, in addition to previously discontinued aerosol dry shampoo products from Old Spice and Hair…
Read MoreMr. Wilson’s Christmas Carol – Stave 3 – Michael Morse
by Michael Morse, contributing writer Stave Three Mr. Wilson Ebenezer Scrooge woke with a start just as the clock struck one. He sniffed the room, looked about, saw nothing amiss and decided the spirit of Cooper was nothing more than his imagination. Nonetheless, he looked about his surroundings with great care once more before allowing…
Read MoreIf it’s Wednesday – it’s Sour Grapes! – Tim Jones
by Timothy 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 MoreRI Veterans leave for Kentucky with truck of supplies for veterans in need – John A. Cianci
by John A Cianci, Department Veterans Service Officer, Italian American War Veterans (ITAM) Over the weekend, members of American Legion Post Berard Desjarlias Post #88 received donations of needed supplies for the tornado victims in Kentucky. Local veterans and the community worked throughout the weekend packing the supplies in trucks, and the first truck…
Read MoreMr. Wilson’s Christmas Carol – Stave 2 – Michael Morse
by Michael Morse, contributing writer Stave Two “Another Humbug,” said the former Mr. Wilson as he circled the cushion on his new favorite spot. “I can see it already, those little creatures called grandchildren will have the run of my house, tipping this over, wrecking that, eating my food and pulling my ears!” Mr. Ebenezer…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today, Dec. 21, 2021 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist High pressure still rules the roost, however, a developing frontal system over the southeastern US will move gradually up the coast and spread gradually increasing cloud cover and eventually some late night showers to the area. A bit warmer, with afternoon highs in the mid 40’s from morning lows in the…
Read MoreNo bankruptcy protection for Sackler family, Purdue Pharma – “We fight on” – Richard Asinof
“They aren’t bankrupt. They’re loaded. We fight on.” RI AG Neronha applauds court decision nixing Purdue Pharma bankruptcy settlement by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI Photo: R.I. Attorney General Peter Neronha was successful in appealing the bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers. On Thursday night, Dec. 16, U.S. District Court Judge Colleen McMahon vacated the…
Read MoreYour Coronavirus Update – Dec. 21, 2021
Photo: 401 Health is the Rhode Island app where you can store your vaccination status, track symptoms, if necessary, and get other information on COVID-19. This app is an update of the Crush COVID app, developed at the beginning of the COVID pandemic in RI. RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY Gov. McKee will hold a COVID…
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