Archive for January 2024
Top HR Trends for 2024 – Mary T. O’Sullivan
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…
Read MoreRhode Island Weather for January 15, 2024 – John Donnelly
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…
Read MoreNetworking Pick of the Week: Mentor Rhode Island
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…
Read MoreMartin Luther King Jr. Day: The URI speech in 1966. Events around region…
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…
Read MoreGimme’ Shelter – “Blanket” at the Providence Animal Control Center
Howdy there! My name is Blanket and I came to PAC in November after I jumped up on a child causing a scratch. I was so confused as to why my owners never returned for me, I hope they know I didn’t mean it as I was just excited that we were playing together. I…
Read MoreRhode Island Weather for January 14, 2024 – John Donnelly
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…
Read MoreAsk Chef Walter: Ragu’ alla Bolognese. 11 mistakes to avoid – Chef Walter Potenza
by Executive Chef Walter Potenza Hello friends of RINT: Our loyal subscriber, Timothy H. from Fairhope, Alabama, asked about the Ragu’ alla Bolognese and the mistakes to avoid. Here you have it, Tim! Bolognese sauce, also known as Ragù alla Bolognese, is a classic Italian sauce that originated in the city of Bologna in the…
Read MoreEasier to engage with Rhode Island’s legislative process. See changes. State of the State this week.
The House and the Senate will return to the State House Tuesday to begin the 2024 legislative session. With many practical issues that could impact Rhode Islanders either personally with family, education and children or professionally with business regulations and opportunities, make this the year you will engage in the process. Submit testimony. Attend a…
Read MoreBack to basics popular approach for Providence, even with challenges ahead.
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…
Read MoreSouth County Museum printing broadside copies of the Declaration of Independence
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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