Archive for June 2022
Networking Pick(s) of the Week – TODAY: Momentum & Thursday: SRI Chamber
TODAY: Visit Bob Salvas’ MOMENTUM LIVE. 5-8pm at Towne Tavern and Tap, Robert Toner Blvd, in North Attleborough. No registration – just come on over and join the group. Simply put, there is almost no better or more cost-effective way to grow your business than to network. Networking can allow you to meet potential vendors…
Read MoreA Knockout of a Night – by Brendan Higgins
By Brendan Higgins Photos: Rebecca Lawrence – @camerafly76 on Instagram It was a night filled with excitement at Bally’s Twin River Casino, as Jimmy Burchfield, and CES, delivered an action-packed evening of professional boxing. Miranda Reyes shocked the boxing world scoring an eight-round unanimous decision over Jaime Clampitt-Hayes, in front of a capacity crowd. In…
Read MoreIn the Arena, Jennie Johnson, City Year
Each week, Joe Paolino, Jr. interviews a key leader in Rhode Island. This year, Jennie Johnson, Executive Director of City Year in Providence talks with Paolino about the history of the organization and its mission today. Most known for the popular red jacket, AmeriCorps groups of youth, today there are 60 AmeriCorps members working with…
Read MoreGimme’ Shelter – Cadence at the Providence Animal Control Center
Hi there! I was left behind and I was mad about it. I took some time to collect myself and realize that it’s not so bad here, plus I got spayed, and now I feel a lot better. I am a chatty and busy girl. Not sure about other cats but, I am in close…
Read MoreA Short Story: Fear Itself, The Rapture, and the Sweet By and By – Michael Fine
by Michael Fine, contributing writer Fear Itself, The Rapture, and The Sweet By-And-By Copyright © 2022 by Michael Fine This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead,…
Read MoreThe Fane tower – it’s baaack! – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer Photo: Forty-six-story Fane tower, first proposed in 2016, moves forward after court ruling. (WPRI.com) The Rhode Island Supreme Court has ruled that the Fane tower – a proposed 500-foot, 46-story luxury highrise in the Jewelry District of Providence – can go forward toward construction. The tower’s…
Read MoreRI Weather, Sunday, June 26, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist The high pressure strengthens and drives more heat and humidity our way on stronger southwesterly breezes gusting to 25 mph, which will make the heat slightly more tolerable. Morning lows in the mid 60’s rise to 90 and above here and there. _____ John Donnelly was born in Hialeah, Florida and…
Read MoreSCOTUS decision: “Authority to regulate abortion returned to the people”, overturns Roe v. Wade
The US Supreme Court, at a few moments past 10am on Friday, June 24, 2022, issued their decision to reverse Roe v. Wade. This decision returns the issue of legality of abortion to the states to decide. The dissenting opinion was written as one for all dissenting judges. For some states (13) this will have…
Read MoreBurn with Kearns: 7 elements of fitness – Kevin Kearns
The 7 elements of fitness and why you need them in your daily programming and how they can affect your overall health over 40 I love working out! Might as well, I have been doing it for 40 years now – holy crap! That’s like 2 lifetimes. Over the years my philosophies and styles have changed.…
Read MoreRI Weekend Weather Wrap, June 25/26, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Saturday 6/25/22: Something like the Bermuda High settles in for a weekend stop in New England, which will mean gradual heating and increasing humidity through Sunday. It is Summer, so it shouldn’t be a surprise. Morning lows around 60 rise to the upper 80’s with a light southerly breeze and some…
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