Archive for October 2023
ART! Faces of Honors with AGonza at URI
Honors Program enlists alumna artist AGonza for collaborative art installation showing URI honors students of today ‘Faces of Honors’ opening to take place Oct. 18 at URI, Lippitt Hall, 4-6pm. Newly commissioned artwork often stays under wraps until formal openings—often the case with figures of state and elected leaders. During a year when the University…
Read MoreAttack on Wickenden Street. Vote TODAY – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer Photo, top: Rendering of proposal to redevelop site of 269 Wickenden St. (CPC) Thayer Street lost its character over the past two or three decades, as Providence and Brown shrugged their shoulders when “the Main Street of Brown University” saw its carriage trade and mom &…
Read MoreMayor Hopkins stays firm to reopen Budlong Pool, responds to “rebuke” of PAC, and City Councilor
Cranston’s partisan politics isn’t taking a break, even as the world explodes in concerns of World War, and people are fighting over religion and cultural divides. Cranston seems to be a microcosm of divide as any thought of compromise, working together, and agreeing to disagree has been lost – all over a dirty, mucky dead…
Read MoreNeeds and priorities of aging Rhode Islanders must remain paramount – Maureen Maigret
by Maureen Maigret, chair, Aging in Community Subcommittee of the Long Term Care Coordinating Council David Cicilline affirms “the needs and priorities of aging Rhode Islanders must remain paramount” David Cicilline, President and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation and former member of Congress, was the keynote speaker at the 15th Annual Conference and Expo…
Read MoreOpen House at St. Mary Academy BAY VIEW
St. Mary Academy Bay View will hold an Open House on Sunday, October 29th at noon. This event is for interested parties to explore the campus and speak with students, faculty and coaches about the many academic programs and opportunities that make the Bay View experience. For those who can’t make a daytime event, there…
Read MoreModest Social Security COLA increase seen as chump change by some – Herb Weiss
By Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues Last week, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced that Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for more than 71 million beneficiaries will increase 3.2% in 2024, about $59 per month starting in January. The 2024 payment declined from last year’s 8.7%, but that had been the…
Read MoreNetworking Pick of the Week – Fall Biz Buzz in Narragansett
Come by for a last good-bye to the beach and our beautiful shore – but join business savvy people on Thursday, October 19th from 5:30 to 7:30pm at The Surf Shack Bed and Breakfast’s restaurant, The Kitchen. They are located at 83 Narragansett Avenue in Narraganett. They are new to the area, so come by…
Read MoreDriven to the edge – the contemptible practice of Quiet Firing – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL ‘In a worst-case scenario, quiet firing happens when managers allow employees to have truly toxic or miserable experiences at work as a way to squeeze them out. It’s a form of gaslighting.” – Gallup When clients come to coaching after quitting or being involuntarily “downsized”, I always ask if they…
Read MoreRhode Island Weather for October 16, 2023 – John Donnelly
by John Donnelly, meteorologist A trough of low pressure over the region will allow for occasional light and isolated showers through most of the day. There may be a sighting or two of the sun, but it wouldn’t be a good bet. Lows in the upper 40’s and Highs in the upper 50’s with a…
Read MoreGimme’ Shelter: Wynonna, Providence Animal Control
Hello! I was brought to PAC by my family, the brought a stray cat with them too! I guess the kiddo in the house was too rough with us cats and my being in heat was a problem, it was a problem for me too! Anyhow, I am about 1.5 years old and I am…
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