In The News… summary for March 2, 2024

RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY

P.J. Fox, former director of the Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence will become director of community violence intervention and prevention for Attorney General Peter Neronha

RI Sen. Whitehouse said there were “many pots” of money at the national level to help pay for a bridge repair, takedown, etc.

A new immigration court is set to open in Massachusetts

Kleo’s Restaurant in Providence has closed.

Fort Point, MA will open a new emergency overflow shelter for migrants, to be run by United Way

AG Neronha and the RI Department of Health announced two public hearings on the proposed sale of Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, one on March 19, 2024, and March 26, 2024, both in room 110 of Alger Hall at Rhode Island College, located at 600 Mount Pleasant Avenue in Providence, from 4-6 p.m. Also, virtually.

The Public Safety Complex auditorium has been renamed after former Police Chief Hugh Clements.

Roger Williams University will discontinue using the Baypoint building in town as an option for student housing at the end of this spring semester.

Newport Bridge, between March 5 and 7, single lanes in the work zone will be shifted from the westbound side of the plaza to the eastbound side.  This will be done one lane at a time, over several days.

Tollgate HS will be on remote learning until 3/11 due to flooding and repairs

Whale washed into Potters Pond in SK, RI –

URI reappoints Pres. Marc Palange

Cranston City Council votes against payday loan facilities – impacts 1 local business

Echo Village homeless shelters held a community meeting to discuss the facility

Gordon Fox has completely paid back his fines and assessments

In Pawtucket, dozens of unlicensed parties with alcohol have been hosted at various Main Street buildings in recent months, and the City Council is now cracking down

Judge Wolohojian gets approval for MA supreme court – she was a romantic partner of Gov. Healey

Brockton post office services may move to Providence’s main post office

2 whales were destroyed when beached in RI – one in SK and one in Pt. Judith

Cranston begins its own bridge and culvert inspections

NBC10’s Joanna Bouras leaving for Boston station

Brewed Awakenings is opening a large new store with drive through on Oaklawn Ave, near Del’s Lemonade – taking over the former Italian bakery and Greek restaurant

Richard Leclerc, retired president of Gateway Healthcare, presented to Senate for confirmation as the new director of the state’s Dept of BHDDH.

Bus tunnel from N. Main to Thayer Street closed from March 25th to September for reconstruction

Nintendo is suing RI based Tropic Haze over game development issue

The Patriot Ledger, owned by Gannett, owners of Providence Journal, will cease publication and coverage of South Shore, MA, impacting over 300 journalists

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NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL

Wendy Williams diagnosed with aphasia and frontotemporal dementia

So. Carolina Republican primary:  60% for Pres. Trump – 39.5% for Nikki Haley – Haley stays in – next primary is Michigan

Texas nuclear weapons facility shut down due to nearby wildfires

A fire caused by an e-bike battery in a NYC apt caused the death of a 27 year old journalist

Donald Trump (68%) and Joe Biden (80%)  win in Michigan. “Uncommitted” Democrats took 13% as a protest vote against the Israeli War.  Haley (27%) says she will continue to super Tuesday.

Amy Schumer reveals she is suffering from Cushing Syndrome

CDC recommends another COVID shot for those 65+

CDC also recommends you no longer have to quarantine for 5 days with COVID – just until symptoms ease and you are no longer running a fever

Pope Francis went to the hospital with flu symptoms, returned to Vatican

Study shows any use of marijuana raises risk of heart attack and stroke

CVS and Walgreens plan on dispensing mifepristone, the abortion pill, in states that do not prohibit it, either in stores or over the mail

Pres. Biden had his physical Wednesday at Walter Reed Hospital – he did not take a cognitive test during physical because he ‘doesn’t need it’, White House says

Rumors have swirled about the royal family’s health with several members in treatment or absent from events

Haiti travel by US citizens to airport halted due to violence

Univ. of Florida has terminated its DEI department and asked employees to apply for other college positions

US begins air drops into Gaza – much of the ad over roads is taken by Hamas

NYC now requiring garbage bins, and not garbage bags on the curbs

The Phnom Penh Post, published in Cambodia, will shutter

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PASSINGS

Richard “Rick” Abath, the guard who opened the door to two thieves who robbed Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, has died in Vermont

Ole Anderson, 81, professional wrestler of The Four Horseman

Ramona Fradon, 94, cartoonist who drew Aquaman

Thomas Kingston, 45, husband of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent’s daughter Lady Gabriella Kingston

Richard Lewis, 76, comedian, of a heart attack and Parkinson’s

Jane Lunin Perel, 77, Providence College professor and well known poet

Jacob Rothschild, 87, financier

Stacey Wakefield, 58, wife of Tim Wakefield, Red Sox, has died – they fought cancer together. Tim died several months ago

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