Archive for June 2022
“ARTful” opening of Davey Lopes Pool launches Providence water park, pool schedule
by Nancy Thomas Providence Recreation Department announces summer 2022 water park and pool schedule Mayor Jorge O. Elorza, members of the Providence City Council, local legislators and community members and artists joined together yesterday for a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the reopening of the Davey Lopes Recreation Center Pool and announce the summer 2022…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, June 23, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist The stalled out front remains to our west, and a weak area of low pressure moves in from the sea, but any of the rains will keep away from the area. We should have fairly dry low level air, meaning low relative humidity, and decent warmth, afternoon highs in the upper…
Read MoreFirst fire lighting at family-friendly Wakefield RiverFire
The Wakefield Village Association announces the 2022 Wakefield RiverFire summer event series. The first fire lighting is on Thursday, June 23rd from 6 to 10pm on the Saugatucket River in historic, downtown Wakefield and continues every Thursday evening until August 18th. Enjoy the serene views of the Saugatucket River, as the sun peacefully sets, and…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, June 22, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Our warm front gets held back to our west as some impulses swing through in the morning, with a slight chance for some scattered light showers. Cloud cover should thin during the afternoon, but high temps will only get to about 70 from morning lows in the low 60’s with a…
Read MoreART! Murals debut TODAY at Davey Lopes Rec Center Pool
by Nancy Thomas Photos: Amber Art Instagram A unique art installation/mural project happened in the past two months. To accompany the opening of the newly renovated Davey Lopes Pool, which did not open last year due to extensive renovations needed, a mural commission was begun by the City of Providence. This year the pool will…
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 MoreImproving childhood literacy focus of Providence Rotary’s 26 community grants
Providence Rotary Charities Foundation awards $114,000 to 26 community agencies and Childhood Literacy Initiative The Providence Rotary Charities Foundation, charitable arm of the Rotary Club of Providence, has awarded grants totaling $114,000 to 26 nonprofit agencies serving children in and around the city and to its signature Childhood Literacy Initiative. “Our two-pronged giving strategy is…
Read MoreRon & Jen’s Great Escape – 6-22-22 – Ron St. Pierre and Jen Brien
by Ron St. Pierre and Jen Brien, commentary The Temp there is like Hell Suffice to say, so far (SO FAR) no major HEAT WAVE has blown across our region yet and Thank God! Those poor folks in the Midwest and the south are melting. Last year at this time all of us in this tiny…
Read MoreChildren’s Trout Fishing Derby – Jeff Gross
by Jeff Gross, contributing writer On June 12th, 2022, after a 2-year COVID hiatus, the Rhode Island Fish and Game Protective Association in conjunction with the RI DEM hosted their annual Children’s Trout Fishing Derby in West Greenwich. Youngsters from all corners of the state joined in. What started off as a slow bite gradually…
Read MoreRoger Williams Cancer Center offers first advanced therapies for blood cancers
The Roger Williams Cancer Center has achieved final approval as a treatment center for the Novartis Pharmaceutical’s CAR-T therapy Kymriah. The Cancer Center is the first and only provider in Rhode Island to offer patients access to this leading treatment for certain types of leukemia and non-Hodgkins lymphoma, both of which are serious blood cancers.…
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