Archive for March 2022
Your RI Weather Today, March 17, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Low pressure moving up from the south delivers an afternoon’s worth of rain for our St Patrick’s Day weather. Top of O’ soft New England afternoon to ya! Anyway, morning lows in the upper 30’s rise under cloudy and wet skies to the low 50’s with a light breeze shifting from…
Read MoreToday’s the deadline to apply for public Charter Schools
Photo: EnrollRI Today, Thursday, March 17th is the deadline to apply for your child to attend a public charter school in Rhode Island for the 2022-2023 school year. What is a charter school? Rhode Island charter schools provide innovative, high quality public school options for students and families. Charter schools are tuition-free public schools open to all students through a…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today, March 16, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist High pressure in control presents us with a decent Wednesday, morning lows around 40 rise to the mid 50’s during a sunny afternoon with a light southerly breeze. Some cloud cover moves in later in the day well in advance of a low pressure system developing over the southeastern US. _____…
Read MoreRI News For You: Summary of news for you to know
Our third issue of “RI News for you” – an occasional quick summary of happenings when they happen – to keep you more informed in your busy day, and our busy news cycle. NATIONAL NEWS UKRAINE Ukraine Pres. Zelenskyy remotely addresses US Congress TODAY at 9am (link on RINewsToday Facebook page) Ukraine Pres. Zelenskyy met…
Read MoreEmergency approval expected for 4th Pfizer shot for those over 65
Pfizer and BioNTech Submit for U.S. Emergency Use Authorization of an Additional Booster Dose of their COVID-19 Vaccine for Older Adults Pfizer and BioNTech today announced the companies have submitted an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of an additional booster dose adults 65 years of age…
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 MoreRon & Jen’s Great Escape, 3-16-2022 – Ron St. Pierre & Jen Brien
by Ron St. Pierre & Jen Brien, commentary WHAT DO YOU DO? I recently read that the UN Secretary General said that nuclear war is definitely “not out of the realm of possibility” when it comes to the crisis in Ukraine. After reading this I thought, “can I even prepare for such an event?” –…
Read MoreART! It’s Gallery Night Providence
March tours have been announced for Thursday, March 17th. FREE Tickets are available. Please note that one tour, the 6:30 pm trolley tour, will leave from and return to the WaterFire Arts Center. The other tours leave from and return to the Graduate Hotel. About the 5:15pm event We will leave at 5:15 pm from…
Read MoreIt’s Equal Pay Day: March 15, 2022
The 2022 Equal Pay Day is Tuesday, March 15. According to the National Committee on Pay Equity, “This date symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year. “Equal Pay Day was originated by the National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE) in 1996 as a public…
Read MoreBiggest little state waves off bold, goes for subtle – not so for most states
The new Rhode Island license plate will be one of the five you see here. Submitted designs by Rhode Islanders were whittled down from over 900 to these five by an internal committee at the RI Department of Motor Vehicles. Now, YOU can vote – you have two weeks to vote for your choice to…
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