Archive for March 2025
Rhode Island Weather for March 31, 2025 – Jack Donnelly
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Morning mist hangs around til mid morning and then cloud cover persists trough the day. Warmer, with southwesterly flow gusting to 30 mph from morning lows in the lower 40’s. It’s a “B” day! ___ Follow Jack’s weather forecasts, here: WEATHER WITH JOHN DONNELLY Jack Donnelly was born in Hialeah, Florida…
Read MoreOur Networking Pick of the Week – Bend Studio & Brew Cafe House with So. RI Chamber
Join colleagues on Friday, April 4th from 8 to 9am at Bend Studio & Brew Cafe House, at 5153 Old Post Road in Charlestown, RI for the Southern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce First Friday Coffee. Hosted by Bend Studio & Brew Cafe House Network with the best and brightest of Southern Rhode Island’s local business community. $5…
Read MoreRhode Island’s last landfill is running out of room – ecoRI News
There’s no clear answer to what happens next by Rob Smith, ecoRI news staff Less than 5 miles west of downtown Providence lies the state’s biggest ticking clock. It’s not a real timepiece, it doesn’t tell you the time of day, although it’s not dissimilar to the sand that fills up an hourglass. Spread across…
Read MoreWomen’s History Month reflection – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL, contributing writer “You’ve always had the power my dear, you just had to learn it for yourself,” – Glinda the Good Witch On the last day of Women’s History Month, a fitting role model and women’s icon to honor is Ruth Bader Ginsberg, an equal rights lawyer and later, Supreme…
Read MoreChanges coming to HHS elicit strong response from aging network – Herb Weiss
By Herb Weiss, contributing writer, aging issues The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), under management of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., last week announced a major restructuring and renaming of the federal agency under the initiative “Make America Healthy Again.” This dramatic reorganization follows Trump’s Executive Order, Implementing the President’s ‘Department of…
Read MoreAsk Chef Walter: Importance of fats in diets – Chef Walter Potenza
by Chef Walter Potenza, contributing writer Fats are not the enemy but an essential component of a healthy diet. They provide energy, support brain health, regulate hormones, and play a role in heart health. Friends: As a chef with years of experience, I want to share some personal notions about treating fats in my diet.…
Read MoreGimme’ Shelter: Misty waiting for a home, at Providence Animal Control Center
Hi, I’m Misty and I was surrendered with my whole family, one of my puppies, and his father dog, too. We were too much for the family we were with and there was too may of us for the one person who was caring for us. It was in everyone’s best interest that we be…
Read MoreRhode Island Weather for March 30, 2025 – Jack Donnelly
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Our warm front slides eastward, but cloud cover and southeasterly flow keeps the temps down, highs only expected to reach the upper 40’s from morning lows in the upper 30’s with the chance for some overnight showers as another weak disturbance moves through. Our warm front slides eastward, but cloud cover…
Read MoreMourning Sinwar – a short story by Michael Fine
By Michael Fine, contributing writer © 2025 by 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. Asaf was thinking…
Read MoreART! Providence Art Club’s new exhibitions with local artists opens with reception TODAY
Top: Anne Wert, artist The Providence Art Club will host new exhibitions March 30 – April 17 across all three of its historic galleries. The shows feature more than 20 local artists working in a range of media. Opening with receptions on Sunday, March 30 from 2-4pm, these exhibitions continue through April 17. The galleries…
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