Top HR Trends for 2024 – Mary T. O’Sullivan

Two people sitting in an office with a laptop.

by Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL, contributing writer on business “…there’s an emerging need for HR to support change within an organization as well as enabling innovation.” – McLean & Company For many organizations, the workplace havoc created by the 2020 pandemic necessitated new thinking about how we work. HR departments in companies of all sizes bear the responsibility of satisfying…

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Rhode Island Weather for January 15, 2024 – John Donnelly

Rhode Island day weather map.

by John Donnelly, meteorologist MLK Day 1/15/24:          I have a dream, where the only winter weather we have is light snow and no torrential downpours…. Cloud cover persists with just a chance for some midday breaks in the overcast, but the good news is there’s no precip expected. Temps on the chilly side with…

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Networking Pick of the Week: Mentor Rhode Island

A cup of coffee on a wooden table.

Join your business colleagues for Mentor Rhode Island’s networking event to be held on Friday, January 19th from 8:30 to 9:30am – to be held at the Woonsocket Education Center, 115 Main Street in Woonsocket. Did you know it’s National Mentoring Month? It is! Learn more about networking, have coffee on us, and meet your…

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day: The URI speech in 1966. Events around region…

MLK Day

Photo: from plaque at URI Jan. 15th, 8am – MLK Breakfast, Rhodes on the Pawtuxet – Ministers Alliance Scholarship Breakfast Jan. 15th, 11am – Woonsocket, Laying of Wreath at MLK Garden Sculpture, corner of South Main & Mason Streets Jan. 15th, 4pm – Ebenezer Baptist Church, 475 Cranston Street, Providence – The Martin Luther King…

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Rhode Island Weather for January 14, 2024 – John Donnelly

A map showing the direction of a storm affecting Rhode Island weather.

by John Donnelly, meteorologist ___ A weak quick-hitting disturbance may spin up a shower or two during the evening hours, but not before we get some sunshine, albeit with lower temps than yesterday, afternoon highs around 40 with evening lows around 30 and southwesterly wind gusting to 30 mph It’s a “C” day! ___ Follow…

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Back to basics popular approach for Providence, even with challenges ahead.

A bridge over the Providence River.

Photo: Pamela Bhatia, Artistic Images The Smiley Administration has released its priorities for this year, and accomplishments for the past year, which center around creating improvements to city services, public safety, housing and climate resiliency that have had tangible impacts on the quality-of-life of residents.  “I am incredibly proud of the progress we’ve made in…

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South County Museum printing broadside copies of the Declaration of Independence

A man and woman standing next to a framed copy of the declaration of independence at BankNewport.

Photo: South County Museum Deputy Director and Curator Rebecca Kelly presents BankNewport President & CEO Jack Murphy with a hand-typeset reproduction of John Dunlap’s broadside of The Declaration of Independence. The South County Museum Print Shop recently printed a hand-typeset reproduction of John Dunlap’s broadside (poster-size printing) of The Declaration of Independence. After The Continental…

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