Archive for July 2022
Washington’s Union Station expansion to hide ugliness in plain site – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer Union Station, completed in 1907 near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (ggwash.org.) Last week the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts and the Federal Railroad Administration released images of a planned expansion of Washington’s Union Station, which sits just east of the U.S. Capitol grounds. The…
Read More117th annual St. Mary’s Feast – Cranstonians welcome all
St. Mary’s Feast – it celebrates mid-summer and marks a key religious celebration in Cranston, Rhode Island’s Knightsville section. The Feast begins with music and food on Wednesday and Thursday – Mass & Procession on Friday (and closing the feast on Sunday) – And – FIREWORKS on Sunday at 10pm. Official hours are Wednesday through…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, July 13, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Similar conditions as yesterday, Partly cloudy with gusty southwesterly breezes and humid air. Less energy aloft, so showers and thunderstorms will not be as prevalent, maybe a brief shower in the evening over the northern reaches of the area. Lows in the upper 60’s and highs in the lower 80’s with…
Read MoreRon and Jen’s Great Escape, 7-13-2022 – Ron St. Pierre and Jen Brien
by Ron St. Pierre and Jen Brien, commentary Nuke attack PSA warning in NYC? Did you guys catch the story that showed up on the “Dailymail.com” website the other day? I don’t know, seemed pretty important, yet no one has run with it. The International newspaper said, “NYC releases PSA about nuclear attack after Russian…
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 MoreART! Honey Gallery creating beauty – Brendan Higgins
by Brendan Higgins, contributing writer A new gift shop/art gallery has opened in the Ocean State. I decided to stop by and check it out for myself. When I walked inside, I immediately felt the positive energy in the space. I didn’t know where to look first. From wall to wall, something would grab my…
Read MoreWorking while pregnant – ACLU case highlights employment discrimination
Photo, above, is a public stock image CLEANING SERVICE COMPANY SUED FOR DISCRIMINATING AGAINST PREGNANT JOB APPLICANT In a case that highlights the difficulties and discrimination that women continue to face in the workplace, the ACLU of Rhode Island charged today that a professional cleaning service terminated an employee who had just been hired immediately…
Read MoreAARP awards 4 Community Challenge grants
AARP Awards Grants to Four Rhode Island Organizations as Part of Its Nationwide Program to Make Communities More Livable AARP Rhode Island today announced that four organizations throughout the state will receive 2022 Community Challenge grants – part of the largest group of grantees to date with $3.4 million awarded among 260 organizations nationwide. Grantees will implement quick-action…
Read MorePreservation Society’s Gilded Age Summer Lecture Series Begins July 14
The Preservation Society of Newport County will open its Gilded Age Summer Lecture Series on Thursday, July 14, at 6 p.m. with “The Whole Gilded Age: Newport and Beyond,” by Ulysses Grant Dietz. Other presentations in this series include The Pamela and David B. Ford Lecture, “Melodies of the Gilded Age,” on Thursday, July 28,…
Read MoreA deep dive into RI’s Blue Economy – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI, contributing writer Thankfully, I am not the only one asking questions about this hot new economic engine known as the “Blue Economy.” Douglas J, McCauley, professor of Ocean Science at the University of California Santa Barbara, and the director of the Benioff Ocean Initiative, recently shared a similar view, one that…
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