Archive for January 2025
RI Sports: Highlights to hopes for 2025 – John Cardullo
by John Cardullo, sportswriter New Year’s 2025 a time to reflect and a time to look ahead as we renew our promise to our sports readers! The end of the year had always been a bittersweet time for me both professionally and personally, throughout the years. It has always been a time of review and…
Read MoreRI Veterans: Did you know? 2.1.25 (Job Fair, Events, Resources… ) – John A. Cianci
by John A. Cianci, contributing writer, veterans issues Job Fair – for the RI Veterans Home The RI Office of Veterans Services is looking for more team members to care for our Veterans at the Rhode Island Veterans Home. They are hiring CNAs – LPNs – and Culinary Professionals. The Career Fair will be held…
Read MoreRhode Island Weather for January 1, 2025 – Jack Donnelly
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist A frontal system passes through in the night with rain expected through 6am. Cloudy skies persist through the day with a second bout of showers during the afternoon. Highs in the upper 40’s and evening lows in the upper 30’s with a generally light westerly breeze. Happy New Year, Everyone! It’s…
Read MoreTime for Sour Grapes! – Tim Jones
by Timothy Jones, cartoonist ___ Tim Jones: Originally from Attleboro, Massachusetts, Tim lives with his wife and two daughters in Smithfield, RI. He is a cartoonist, freelance illustrator, author and comedian. He is also a member of the National Cartoonist Society and the Mid-South Cartoonist Association. He teaches cartooning, speaks at local schools and libraries…
Read MoreThe Rudolph Fisher Exhibit, by Stages of Freedom at Providence Athenaeum
Rudolph Fisher, Rhode Island’s Gift to the Harlem Renaissance, will be the exhibit of Stages of Freedom at the Providence Athenaeum at 251 Benefit Street on the East Side of Providence. Opening Reception is January 9th from 4 to 6pm. Exhibit runs through January 27th during regular operating hours. The exhibit is free and open…
Read MoreIt is what it is – 1.1.25 – Jen Brien
by Jennifer Brien, contributing writer, commentary BEST INSANE STORIES FROM 2024: The STATE DEPARTMENT telling HUMANS and AMERICANS AI is now an “Extinction level THREAT” THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE telling the world Imane Khelif ” is a biological woman” THE ENTIRE OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONIES THE BIDEN / TRUMP DEBATE THE SPRINGFIELD OHIO “DOG and DUCK eating…
Read MoreA resolution to live the best life you can on what you earn is to choose resilience – Mary Hunt
by Mary Hunt, contributing writer I wouldn’t call it a radical new idea, although a recent issue of a popular women’s magazine did say that living below your means is the hot new trend. It is a simple concept — spend less than you earn. Still, LBYM is seen by many as a life sentence,…
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