Archive for December 2022
Hey, baby! Most popular names for Rhode Island babies in 2022
Preliminary List of Top Baby Names in 2022 The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is sharing a preliminary list of the most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 2022. Female 1. Charlotte 2. Amelia 3. Isabella 4. Olivia 5. Emma 6. Luna 7. Sophia 8. Ava 9. Isla 10. Scarlett and Violet (tie) …
Read MoreRINewsToday’s new writers & Top 10 stories of 2022
by Nancy Thomas, publisher Pandemic times inspired a wealth of health stories – whether we wanted to write them or not, they were stories that needed to be written. Providing vital health information became as much the responsibility of the news media sector as the Health Department, hospitals, or the CDC. As we entered 2022…
Read MoreHomeless in RI: An update and looking back a decade on the saddest story of 2022
Homeless in RI: An Update As we close the year, we note that as many as 1,000 people (depending on who is counting) are ushering in the New Year homeless, some living on the streets, or in the woods and parking lot cars. The new housing position of Josh Saal technically doesn’t begin until January…
Read MoreBurn with Kearns: How and why you should be engaging in active recovery – Kevin Kearns
By Kevin Kearns, contributing writer Many years ago, it feels like forever at age 53, we just worked out on a formula of 3 days on, 1 day off, or 2 on – 1 off. No one really discussed active recovery. Years ago, I read an article on the great bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger who never…
Read MoreRI Weekend Weather Wrap, Dec. 31, 2022 & Jan. 1, 2023 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist New Year’s Eve 12/31/22: A frontal system works it’s way up through the eastern US and begins depositing rain over the area by late morning and continues through Saturday night. Mostly light, so no flooding expected. Warming trend continues, so morning lows in the low 40’s rise to the low 50’s…
Read MoreBest trad buildings of 2022 – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer It grows ever more difficult and hence ever more depressing to construct these annual roundups of traditional architecture. I feel a bit of guilt arising from the headline “Best trad buildings of 2022,” because so many of them are obviously not “the best.” I think I…
Read MoreOutdoors in RI: Lost my co-pilot – Jeff Gross
by Jeff Gross, contributing writer Sunday night December 11 Rhode Island received 3″ of Christmas snow. One week prior I lost my hunting companion, best friend, and the best damn co-pilot ever. Taking advantage of the new fallen snow, I decided to go afield and clear my head of the sadness that has a grip…
Read MoreRI Weather for December 30, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Continuing southwesterly flow brings warmer air into the area, afternoon highs expected to be in the mid 50’s from morning lows in the mid 30’s. Southwesterly winds less than 10 mph generally with occasional scattered cloud cover. No rain for at least another day. ___ John Donnelly was born in Hialeah,…
Read MoreBradley Hospital enrolling teens with OCD for brain stimulation research study
Study will examine whether brain stimulation improves brain activity in OCD The Pediatric Anxiety Research Center (PARC) at Bradley Hospital has begun enrolling teens for a study focused on the use of a non-invasive type of brain stimulation called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to improve brain activity in teens with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Two to three percent of…
Read MoreRI Weather for December 29, 2022 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Another few degrees can be added to the temperature range today, morning lows above freezing for the most part, and afternoon highs in the upper 40’s with less wind, so a Fall-Like feel to the day is expected. More sun as well given thee further displacement of the frontal boundary northward.…
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