Archive for February 2022
Networking Pick of the Week – Central Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce
Join the Chamber for lunch and start building relationships that will generate new customers/clients and strengthen your connection to existing ones. You do not have to bring a lead; just enjoy a delicious lunch while you get acquainted with other members of the business community. Come share your “60 second commercial” to help others better…
Read MoreCES RHODE WARS delivers a great night – Brendan Higgins
by Brendan Higgins Saturday night at the Crowne Plaza Ballroom in Warwick, Jimmy Burchfield Sr. and CES Boxing presented an action-packed card of professional boxing featuring Rhode Island’s own Jaime “The Hurricane” Clampitt-Hayes, along with 4 other exciting fights. An impressive sold-out, standing room only crowd, were treated to several Rhode Island and…
Read MoreWhat we’ve done. And what lays ahead. COVID in 2022, Part 4 – Michael Fine
© Michael Fine 2021 Introduction This is the last of four essays about Covid, our culture, our time, and the moral responsibility we share for what we have, where we are, and what we’ve done. Thanks, as always for reading. And thanks as always to Nick, Deborah and Kendra for their help, wisdom and support.…
Read MoreIn the Arena – Helena Foulkes, candidate for Governor
Weekly, Joe Paolino, Jr. interviews interesting people in Rhode Island. Here is his interview this week with candidate for Governor, Helena Foulkes. Foulkes and Paolino talk about her candidacy and what her priorities are for the state, as well as her past career success. Each week Joe Paolino, Jr. interviews people of interest on his…
Read MoreGimme’ Shelter – Meet Gelato
Hello everyone! My name is Gelato and I came to PAC when my mom couldn’t take care of me anymore. I am about 3 to 4 years old and I am very sweet! I am looking for someone to be my best friend in life and I promise to be yours too. I can be…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today, Feb 20, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist High pressure moves in and quells the excitement, so a relatively boring and average forecast for this weatherman’s birthday. Plenty of sun with morning lows in the upper teens warming to the mid 30’s in the afternoon along with a wind shifting from northwest to southwest. ___ John Donnelly was born…
Read MoreYour Coronavirus Update – Feb. 19, 2022
RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY 3 free N95 Masks are NOW available in local pharmacies – 3 per person as long as supplies last Rhode Island is the #1 vaccinated state in the US – 37% of RI is boosted. Providence schools will continue wearing masks past March 2nd deadline and will stagger return to school…
Read MoreFreezing – Michael Morse
by Michael Morse, contributing writer Water dripped on my snow shovel as the sun warmed my roof. Icicles formed where my hands were just yesterday, digging through six inches of powder and slush. February warm in New England is twelve degrees, wind chill somewhere below zero. The nights are wicked; as the sun sets it…
Read MoreYour RI Weekend Weather Wrap, Feb. 19/20 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Saturday 2/19/22: Another quick moving cold front moves through in the evening with some extra mid-level energy injected into the system, which may lead to a snow squall event with a brief period of intense snowfall and high winds. Most likely timing would be between 2-5pm. Other than that, it…
Read More19 years ago, memories and life lessons of The Station Nightclub Fire. 100 lights, Sunday – Dave Kane
by Dave Kane On Sunday, February 20, 2022, a span of 100 lights at the Station Fire Memorial will be lit at 6pm and left for 100 minutes to commemorate the 19th Anniversary of the fourth largest nightclub fire in this country’s history. This fire took the lives of 100 people and seriously maimed and…
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