Archive for January 2023
Providence Monster Jam back in town
Providence Monster Jam® Arena Championship Series Central Roars into the Amica Mutual Pavilion February 3rd – 5th Highlighted by 2023 truck debut of the all-new mechanical beast ThundeROARus This. Is. Monster Jam™! The most action-packed motorsports experience for families in the world today returns to Providence for an adrenaline-charged weekend at Amica Mutual Pavilion February…
Read MoreRI Weekend Weather Wrap, January 14/15, 2023 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist Saturday 1/14/23: Colder air rushes in behind the vigorous cold front that is reluctant to make much progress out to sea. We’ll have some morning breezy drizzle followed by increasing winds with gusts to 25 mph under a fairly persistent overcast sky. Temperature range will be tight, daytime highs in the…
Read MoreBusiness Beat: Dolly Towne has many reasons to celebrate in 2023
A new endeavor, grand opening and rebranding marks a monstrous start to her year. Four years ago, Dolly Towne found herself at a crossroads. She held a comfortable job working as a payroll tax analyst at an established company. She and her husband later welcomed their son into the world. It would be a tug-of-war between raising their newborn and continuing to work on site. After much thought and…
Read MoreJudge Frank Caprio “enhanced the reputation of Providence and our state around the world”
Judge Frank Caprio, of Caught in Providence, offers to retire. Said to have enhanced the reputation of Providence and Rhode Island around the world”.
Read MoreBurn with Kearns: Limb strong, core weak. Older we get the core is more important – Kevin Kearns
Burn with Kearns: Limb strong – core weak. Why the core is so important the older we become I’m going to ruffle some feathers with this one, but, oh well. It is possible to be limb strong and core weak. In other words, your “beach muscles” might look great, but being able to bench press…
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: As told by Mercy – interpreted by Mari Nardolillo Dias
By Dr. Mari Dias, contributing writer Dog Park Confessions It’s true. We dogs grieve all of the same emotions that go along with grief when we lose a human or a furry friend. In her book, “How Animals Grieve” (2003) Barbara J. King says that humans “can’t understand how [animals] think about death… but we…
Read MoreOutdoors in RI: Sailing with Sail Newport as The Ocean Race begins Sunday
Did you know? Newport Public Schools enrolls every 4th grader into a 16-week fall/spring Sail Newport Pell School Science and Sailing Program? Added to that is a marine-oriented STEAM curriculum taught at Sail Newport by Pell teachers, the ongoing program takes advantage of the on-the-water classroom of Narragansett Bay—which some students have never had the opportunity to experience…
Read MoreAnti-fat-shaming campaigns causing unhealthy backlash, putting children in danger
Obesity among children has skyrocketed. One reason may be an unhealthy backlash of anti-fat-shaming campaigns that are putting our children in danger. According to a recent study from Georgia Southern University, parents don’t recognize when their children have become obese. “Fat children may be invisible to their parents not only because the weight gain has…
Read MoreRI Weather for January 13, 2023 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist The cold front squeezes out what seems like all of the rain in the sky through the latest Friday the 13th morning, blown around by occasionally high wind gusts approaching 40 mph out of the southwest. Rain should come to an end around noon, but not before a possible thunderstorm adds…
Read More“On Medicine as Colonialism” – new book by Michael Fine
In this strident, necessary, meticulously researched book Michael Fine uses the COVID-19 pandemic and many other examples to show the costly failure of the American health care system in bold relief. Hospitals, insurance companies, Big Pharma, specialists, and even primary care doctors have all become tools of the new health profiteers. On Medicine as Colonialism shows how…
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