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In the News… June 24, 2023
RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY
The RI Children’s Chorus is auditioning for new singers, grades 2-12. Richildrenschorus.org
Taunton Mayor’s daughter, 18, has been found safe in Ohio, after walking away from a treatment facility
Steamship Authority has had to cut the last trip of the day from Nantucket and freight schedule from Martha’s Vineyard, due to lack of captains and staff
Tax hike for Providence homeowners in the works
Charlestown PD hosted a first-time city all on patrol by female officers last week
RIDE wants to extend its educational reform deadline until 2027 for city of Providence
Vacation rentals on the Cape are down by 20%
Short-term rental registration will increase from $100 to $500 in Newport with the state
On July 1st, undocumented people may apply for a driver’s privilege card at the DMV in RI – the state is the 20th state, plus DC, to do this
Gaspee Days license plate has reached minimum required to now be paid,
Town of Narragansett wants to limit free parking near the beach and Sea Wall – would charge $10 or $15 to park there over 3 hours
CEO of Save the Bay, Jonathan Stone retiring – new search has begun
Head of Nonviolence Institute – Cedric Huntley – will be leaving
Brown University’s Lindemann Performing Arts Center will soon open
UNFI will restructure, lose about 150 jobs
Dragon Boat Races set for Sept. 2nd in Pawtucket
Pawtucket Soccer Stadium workers are seen moving on to other projects, as funding has not been able to be put together at this time, to continue
Steve Ahlquist, of UpriseRI has left and shifted his writings to Substack. Brailsford, his partner at UpRise says their site will continue with a slightly different focus and features
6 EV chargers along the MassPike are not working and will be removed
Somerville is on the verge of opening the first government-sanctioned safe injection site in Massachusetts.
Principal of Smithfield High School has resigned after uproar over LGBTQ issues involving parental notification
Harvard Art Museums now open to the public at no charge
Hebert Health in Smithfield and Trinity Health and Rehabilitation Center in Woonsocket are now in receivership
Providence Newport Ferry is open for business – $12 each way, $6 for children, seniors, those with disabilities, and those with Medicare card
Sen. Joshua Miller of Cranston/Providence was arrested for keying a car with an anti-Biden bumper sticker on it in the Garden City Center area
28 Providence sites are offering free lunch for the summertime for students – https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/cf18c7d0f49448d59f029812d19af16c
Route 95 S. in New Jersey that had collapsed was rebuilt and opened this week
Kim Zandy, popular host of Gio & Kim on WPRO-FM has been let go by station saying they are going in another direction. Zandy had been at WPRO for 24 years.
Final paperwork has been signed to bring the Destiny Bus to Woonsocket for its homeless population
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NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL
The first person diagnosed as autistic, Donald Triplett, died at 89 in Mississippi where he worked at a local bank for 65 years
Japan raised the age of sexual consent from 13 to 16
Penicillin is in short supply and may run out in a week or so
Sect. of State Blinken went to Beijing for 2 days of talks
BU-MIT researchers launch “Cleana”, a better, cleaner toilet seat
In New Zealand, an attacker has hit several people at multiple Chinese restaurants with an axe
In Paris, there has been an investigation of the 2024 Olympics record=keeping for possible embezzlement
4 killed by fire in an E-Bike store in NYC
Rep. Adam Schiff was censured on the floor of the US House of Representatives
The IRS has said it’s reduced backlog by 80%
Titan submersible suffered a catastrophic implosion and all 5 on board were immediately lost
Massive hailstorm in Colorado injures over 100, causes extensive damage
Geraldo Rivera quit the “5” show but will continue with Fox News as a commentator
76-year old Jack Hanna has Alzheimer’s but is not aware of it – star of Animal Kingdom
Overstock may take over Bed, Bath & Beyond
Moderna has applied for an updated COVID vaccine approval – Pfizer and others should have it in the fall
Russia is in a coup as of Saturday morning
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PASSINGS
Carol Higgins Clark, 66, mystery author and daughter of Mary Higgins Clark, of appendix cancer
Thomas Dalglish, 84, retired journalist, East Bay Newspapers