Archive for April 2022
Citrus Italian-style Ricotta Cheesecake – Anthony Salemme
By Chef Anthony Salemme Serves 10 -12 One of my Family’s Easter traditions is this Italian-style Cheesecake bursting with lemon and orange, and topped with peaches, fresh berries. This was my grandfather’s favorite! Make this the day before you want to serve it. Cheesecake 2 pounds Cabot cream cheese, softened 1 ½ cups ricotta cheese,…
Read MoreRon & Jen’s Great Escape, 4-6-2022 – Ron St. Pierre & Jen Brien
by Ron St. Pierre & Jen Brien, commentary MY MOM As I write this, I’m visiting with my mother. For those of you that used to listen to me on WBZ from midnight to 5am some years ago you’d know I had my mom on Thursday mornings at 12am. I called it “Moments with Mom”.…
Read MoreART! The Art of David Lloyd Glover, Newport Car Museum
by Nancy Thomas There’s a reason the Newport Car Museum appeals to everyone who loves art. On their own, the fabulous cars on display (numbering more than 85) are breathtakingly beautiful, but stage them with platforms, turn tables and theatrical lighting, then surround them with artwork by David Lloyd Glover, and you have a true…
Read MoreJohnston children will get all new, transformed school buildings as residents say ‘yes’
Johnston voters approved bonds of over $215 million in a special town referendum held April 5th. This enables the town’s plan to completely revamp its school buildings to move forward. The vote was an 86% approval in a voter turnout of approx. 5.3%. The overall project to re-do Johnston school buildings The plan is to…
Read MoreIf it’s Wednesday, it’s Sour Grapes! – Tim Jones
by Timothy Jones, RI 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,…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today, April 6, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Our low pressure system passes to our south, with light rain affecting the area through mid afternoon. Cloud shield extends well past the center of low pressure, so odds of seeing the sun are quite low. Northeasterly breezes gusting towards 30 mph keep the low level moisture elevated enough to allow…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today, April 5, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist A nearly cloud-free start to the day, with gradually increasing high cloud cover during the afternoon and evening leading eventually to some light to moderate rain after midnight Wednesday as low pressure develops and advances through the eastern US. Morning lows start out in the upper 30’s, warming to the upper…
Read MoreRISD’s Huger Elliott (1910), on Providence – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer Photo: Illustration from 1910 for design competition of Cove Basin near new State House. (AIAri) Architect Eric Daum recently passed along an illustration, above, done in 1910 by RISD president Huger Elliott. It expressed how the area of Providence between the new State House and downtown…
Read MoreCranston case upholds 4th Amendment’s protection of privacy rights in the home
ACLU, CRANSTON SETTLE MAJOR “SEARCH AND SEIZURE” CASE THAT WENT TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT The question before the court: Whether the Fourth Amendment precludes government officials, who reasonably believe that a potentially mentally unstable person presents an impending threat of harming himself or others with a firearm, from a warrantless seizure of his person…
Read MoreReturn of the RI Home Show
For the first time since 2019, the show will fill Convention Center April 7—10 What once felt like a day that might not come is now only a little more than 72 hours away. On Thursday, April 7, the RI Home Show returns to the Convention Center for the first time since 2019. The long-awaited return of…
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