Archive for July 2025
Burn with Kearns: Why Listen to Me? Because I Talk the Talk, and Walk the Walk, at 59 – Kevin Kearns
Over 45 Years of Training—4 Decades of Martial Arts, 3+ Decades of Strength & Conditioning, and 2 Decades of Yoga. And I’m Always a White Belt—Never Stop Learning or Growing. By Coach Kevin Kearns, BS, NSCA, CPT Contributing Writer, RI News Today At 59, I feel 39—and that’s not by luck or genetics. It’s the…
Read More58 RIPTA Bus Routes Face Elimination or Changes. 12 Public Hearings Set Around Rhode Island
Hearings Scheduled July 28 through August 6 in Barrington, Providence, Woonsocket, West Warwick, Warwick, Pawtucket, Newport, and South Kingstown The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) will hold public hearings on proposed service reductions in all five Rhode Island counties starting on July 28 and continuing through August 6, 2025. The Authority announced that the…
Read More$10 Million for Next Round of Clean Heat RI for Moderate-and Low-Income Households
Governor McKee and Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources Announce $10 Million for Next Round of Clean Heat RI Program to Support Moderate- and Low-Income Households Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources (OER) today announced $10 million in new funding for”¯Clean Heat RI, the state’s flagship heat pump incentive program.…
Read MoreRhode Island Weather for July 25, 2025 – Jack Donnelly
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist A westerly breeze draws in some hot and humid conditions during the day, with a cold front pressing through later in the afternoon. Front may help trigger some thunderstorms in the area later in the afternoon and early evening. High in the low 90’s and lows in the low 70’s with…
Read MoreOutdoors in RI: It’s Nat’l Wine & Cheese Day, Yoga at Sakonnet, Gov’s Bay Day, Farmers Market, Senior Games
Photo, top: Gov. McKee office Programs Outdoors at Sakonnet Vineyard TODAY! Celebrate National Wine & Cheese Day with Sweet & Salty Farm on Friday, July 25th Celebrate Sakonnet’s 50th anniversary as New England’s oldest vineyard this National Wine & Cheese Day – TODAY -Thursday, July 25th with Little Compton’s Sweet & Salty Farm. From 11:00…
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: Death anniversaries: Bobby Nardolillo Jr, gone 4 years – Mari Nardolillo Dias
by Mari Nardolillo Dias, EdD, contributing writer on grief and grieving July is a bittersweet month. It is the month of my birthday and the month of my brother’s death. He died 3 days after my birthday, apologizing for being sick and missing the celebration, not knowing there were no festivities that year. Next week…
Read MoreWe Cook! Shrimp Puttanesca – Anthony Salemme
By Anthony Salemme, contributing chef Serves 4 A quick and easy; a bit spicy and briny sauce with shrimp and pasta is a classic dish from Naples 1 pound shrimp, peeled and de-veined 1 14-ounce can plum tomatoes, crushed with your hands 6 tablespoons olive oil 6 cloves garlic, peeled roughly chopped 6 anchovy fillets…
Read MoreDelta Dental of Rhode Island Adds Loan Repayment Program to Strengthen Local Workforce
New initiative will offer loan repayment assistance to eligible dentists who commit to practicing full-time in Rhode Island’s dental sector As part of its continuing effort to strengthen Rhode Island’s dental workforce, Delta Dental of Rhode Island announced today the launch of a new loan repayment program specifically designed to support local dentists. Administered by…
Read MoreBi-partisan Legislation to Protect State, Local Judges Would Increase Security. Tries Again for Passage
U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), John Cornyn (R-TX), Chris Coons (D-DE), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Josh Hawley (R-MO) today reintroduced the Countering Threats and Attacks on Our Judges Act, legislation to establish a State Judicial Threat Intelligence and Resource Center that would provide technical assistance, training, and threat monitoring for state and…
Read MoreRhode Island Weather for July 24, 2025 – Jack Donnelly
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist High cloud cover streams in with some fair weather cumulus also during the day but again, no precip expected as high pressure keeps a good grip on the area. Highs in the upper 80’s and lows in the mid 60’s with a gusty southwesterly breeze. It’s an “A-” day! ___ …
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