Archive for July 2023
Anya Rader Wallack returning to Brown from Vermont for 2nd time – research/health role
Photo: Brown University, School of Public Health, 2018 Healthcare leader, Anya Rader Wallack, PhD will return to Rhode Island from Vermont to lead a five-year, $25 million grant-funded project “to bring research-based best practices into health care and public health services” at Brown University. She will maintain her position as Chair of the Board of…
Read MoreWhy hire an Executive Coach? – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “A coach is someone who tells you what you don’t want to hear, who has you see what you don’t want to see, so you can be who you always knew you could be” – Tom Landry How do people achieve greatness? Practice? Yes. Repetition? Yes. Discipline? Yes. And how…
Read MoreAARP helping RI communities become more livable with Challenge Grants – Herb Weiss
By Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues Photo: Volunteer grandmas working in a straw bale garden, courtesy West End Community Center One might say that the Washington, DC-based AARP puts its money where its mouth is. The nation’s largest aging advocacy group recently announced that it is investing $3.6 million in 310 Community Challenge grants…
Read MoreRhode Island Weather for July 31, 2023 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist High pressure remains in control of our weather for another day, relatively dry air and normal temperature ranges with morning lows around 60 and afternoon highs in the low 80’s under blue and cotton-ball dotted skies with a light westerly breeze. It’s an “A-” day! ___ Follow John’s weather forecasts, here:…
Read MoreBusiness Beat: Jonathan Walker, Director of Sports Sales, RI Sports Commission, PWCVB
The Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau (PWCVB) announced today that Jonathan Walker has been promoted to Director of Sports Sales within the Rhode Island Sports Commission (RISC), a division of the PWCVB. Walker, who joined the team in 2019, most recently served as Sports Sales Manager. “Jonathan Walker is an asset not just to…
Read MoreNetworking Pick of the Week – Newport Interactive Marketers
Newport Interactive Marketers gathers in-person for 100% networking on Thursday, August 3rd, from 6-9 PM at the Hotel Viking in Newport, Rhode Island. Don’t miss the most popular NIM of the year! Enjoy sunsets and drinks over Newport Harbor from atop the Hotel Viking, while catching up with friends and business partners. Feel free to…
Read MoreThe Moment Arm of the Universe – a short story by Michael Fine
By Michael Fine, contributing writer Copyright © 2023 Michael Fine This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. The Moment of a force…
Read MoreIn the Arena – Yarrow Thorne, The Avenue Concept
Each week Joe Paolino Jr. interviews leaders in Rhode Island on In the Arena. This week he talks with Yarrow Thorne, the CEO and founder of The Avenue Concept. The Avenue Concept works with public art, particularly in downtown Providence, supporting the creative sector by growing the creative economy. They have created art on Custom…
Read MoreSavannah Bananas taking the baseball world by storm by putting the fans first – John Cardullo
By John Cardullo, sportswriter In today’s sports entertainment landscape, it does not take much to bore the average fan, given the slow pace and drawn-out sports such as baseball, which is leading the face of change needed to excite the fan base. Basketball has put in the 3-point line to increase scoring, and pretty much…
Read MoreGimme’ Shelter – Cerulean at the Providence Animal Control Center
Hello! I was taken to PAC when my family lost their home, we were all so sad and it was heartbreaking. At least I had a place to go; they didn’t, and they didn’t want to give me up. I am doing okay now, I am making new friends but it’s hard, I miss my…
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