Archive for June 2022
More Providence businesses now eligible for COVID Small Business Relief
Mayor Jorge O. Elorza, Providence City Council President John Igliozzi (Ward 7) and the Providence City Council today announced updated eligibility guidelines for the City of Providence’s COVID-19 Small Business Relief Program. “We continue to look for innovative ways to get our American Rescue Plan dollars into the hands of those most impacted by COVID-19,”…
Read MoreFrank Lloyd Wright’s Pawtucket boyhood home – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There Frank Lloyd Wright would be 155 years old if he were alive on this June 8 date of his birth. A hundred and fifty years ago he spent the age of five in Pawtucket, where for a year his family lived at 12 Blackstone Ave., a block west…
Read MoreBlack Business Expo – TODAY
Join Ann Clanton Communications, Fab Living Realty and the Black Leaf Tea & Culture Shop for a Black Business Expo/Observing Juneteenth Networking event on Thursday, June 16, 4-7pm at Venture Café in Providence, 225 Dyer Street in Providence. Presentations, and link to sign up, format and times are as follows: 4 – 6 PM Black Business…
Read MoreRon & Jen’s Great Escape – 6-15-2022 – Ron St. Pierre and Jen Brien
by Ron St. Pierre and Jen Brien, commentary Sleight of Hand DNC member tells CNN Biden shouldn’t run in 2024, says voters are looking for “change candidate”. That RIGHT THERE is a headline from a major media outlet as I write this. Wow. Just WOW! It’s pretty shocking that people in the President’s family (as well as…
Read MoreThis is the way we made this law… about guns
Your government in action. And it all took place under bright lights, amidst plenty of public witness, and division among the ranks. Going late into the night and keeping many up all night, disturbing is a word that describes the maneuverings at the RI State House as the House and then the Senate considered the…
Read MoreRI House Finance considering major increase in pay for DD, Human Services workers
By Gina Macris, Developmental Disabilities News Last June, direct care workers serving adults with developmental disabilities in Rhode Island were making an average of about $13.18 an hour. In July, 2021, their starting pay jumped to about $15.75 an hour. And beginning July 1, they will make about $18 an hour – a $2.25 increase…
Read MoreReal World Self-Defense for Women – with Kevin Kearns
Our fitness columnist, Kevin Kearns of Burn with Kearns, is offering his Real World Self-Defense for Women taught by Kevin who has over 40 years in the field. Coach Kevin Kearns has been training in self defense for over 4 decades. He has been training people from all walks of life in this arena for…
Read MoreART! Green Space Gallery at T. F Green Airport features work of 3 local artists
by Nancy Thomas Photo, top: Kelley Donnelly GREEN SPACE Gallery features the works of 3 RI artists GREEN SPACE Gallery at TF Green International Airport, a partnership between the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) and the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC), announced the opening of its summer exhibit featuring works by Kelley…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, June 15, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Similar setup to yesterday with the only difference being some added high cloud cover as we move through the day moving in from a midwestern low pressure system. Cool morning lows in the upper 50’s followed by afternoon highs in the upper 70’s with a light northeasterly breeze. ____ John Donnelly…
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,…
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