Archive for June 2022
Ron and Jen’s Great Escape – 6-29-2022 – Ron St. Pierre & Jen Brien
by Ron St. Pierre and Jen Brien, commentary You CAN hate the USA! Hi, gang! Here we are, getting ready to celebrate July 4th and we are sure a hot mess right now in America. We know the issues – crime, inflation, gas prices, Roe vs. wade, sexual indoctrination of kindergarten kids, cultural and social…
Read MoreIt’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 Good Neighbor Energy Fund available in summer, too
As households continue to switch their focus from keeping warm to staying cool with today’s official arrival of summer, the Rhode Island Good Neighbor Energy Fund’s sponsoring energy companies – Block Island Utility District, Ocean State Power, Pascoag Utility District, Petro Home Services, Rhode Island Energy and RISEC LP – want to remind families and…
Read MoreBusiness Beat: Mike Falvey honored by Boy Scouts of America
Mike Falvey, founder and CEO of Falvey Insurance Group at Quonset Business Park, was recently honored with the Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America’s Distinguished Citizens Award. The award recognizes local leaders who exemplify service to their communities and the ideals of Scouting. Falvey was presented with the award at a luncheon at the Rhode Island Convention Center, an…
Read MoreTalk and Listen over a meal with Rhode Island Foundation’s Together RI II
In increasingly divisive and polarized times, Together RI II will bring people together over neighborly meals across RI The Rhode Island Foundation announced today that it will re-launch its Together RI initiative designed to get everyday Rhode Islanders talking and listening to each other over a free meal. “When we did this four years ago,…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, Thurs, June 28, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Our cold front, having moved out to sea and weakened to a surface trough, will allow dry air to seep into the area with cooler than normal temps, afternoon highs topping out in the low 70’s from morning lows in the low 60’s with a light northwesterly breeze. Plenty of late…
Read MoreUpdated Q&A: The new Lifespan and Commonwealth Care Alliance partnership – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI Photo: Corey McCarty, far right, with check marking a $25,000 donation by Commonwealth Care Alliance to Food on the Move (Commonwealth website) On the health care highway, we need more than a billboard On Wednesday, May 25, Lifespan and Commonwealth Care Alliance sent out a news release announcing a new agreement…
Read More$100M added for Human Services in RI budget – Gina Macris
by Gina Macris, Developmental Disabilities News Rhode Island’s next fiscal year promises to turn a corner in restoring services for children and adults with disabilities with about $100 million in new funding and a new long-term plan to reassess the rates the state pays private service providers. The House and Senate passed the $13.6 billion…
Read MoreGeopolitics, International Trade, and Business – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “Globalization is a fact, because of technology, because of an integrated global supply chain, because of changes in transportation. And we’re not going to be able to build a wall around that” – Barack Obama The impact of globalization and international trade on organizations The overall impact of globalization and…
Read MoreRI Weather, Monday, June 27, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist A classic first weekend with heat and summer muggies has come to an end. A cold front sweeping through during the day will see to that, plus give us some showers, light rain, and maybe a thunderstorm or two if we’re lucky, or unlucky, depending on your perspective. We should see…
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