In the news… updates for 9-17-22

RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY

$36 million paving project for the entire I-295 corridor, from the Massachusetts state line in Cumberland to the I-95 interchange in Warwick. 

A dance school located in part of the building that collapsed in Providence is not dislocated

The newly renovated Park Theatre sustained extensive damage from the rains and events being held there are being relocated.

Coach Cooley at PC has accepted a multi-year contract with the PC Friars basketball team

A statewide electric vehicle charging station plan is a project of the Rhode Island’s Office of Energy Resources, Department of Transportation and Department of Motor Vehicles and the DOT will take the lead in developing a plan to have companies with fleets of vehicles transition to electric.

Optrel, in Warwick, has made what they say is the first N95 mask with a clear window.

The State has awarded CDBG grant funding to 35 organizations spanning across 10 cities and towns, including Bristol, Central Falls, Cumberland, Middletown, Newport, North Kingstown, North Providence, Smithfield, Westerly, and West Warwick.

Unionizing effort at Starbucks in Warwick ended in a tie vote

Industry analysts predict that by 2023, Rhode Island’s restaurant and lodging industries will continue to reshape and recover in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, international inflation and economic concerns, and other global factors.

Children’s Hospital in Boston was again the victim of a violence threat due to their transgender surgical policy

Rhode Island is hiring firefighters

Rep. David Cicilline will open “Clementines”, a cocktail bar and tapas bar across from Trinity Rep in Providence.

The MBTA’s Park Street station closed Sunday afternoon after smoke and sparks apparently erupted from the top of a Green Line B-branch train, sending riders running for the exits and prompting a response from the Boston Fire Department.

Armed robbery at Home Style located at 233 Westminster Street daylight hours of Septe. 14th

The RI Foundation will begin a national search to replace its CEO, Neil Steinberg

New signs proclaiming AMP – or Amica Mutual Pavilion – have gone up for the “Civic Center, aka Dunk” and will remain for at least 10 years.

Lifespan posts $49.5M loss for the 3rd quarter says they are “in crisis”

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NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL

The US government has renamed 650 national geographic attractions that carry the name “Squaw” within them.

Judge Raymond Deery has been appointed special master on past president Trump’s case of papers seized from his home – and has stopped the DOJ from continuing their investigation.

The Queen had a hat collection of over 5,000

The final funeral day for Queen Elizabeth will be Monday.

US had its first death from Monkeypox in California in an immunocompromised man

National Geographic Magazine Lays Off 6 Top Editors

The GAP and Kanye West will part ways on their fashion line.

All the UK money, flags, symbols, etc. will now have to be changed to reflect the transition to King Charles III

CNN continues to shake up its programming moving away “from the left” and taking Don Lemon from the key evening slot to the morning show and other changes.

$900Million to equip the US with electric car charging stations from coast to coast.

The shooter in Florida was found to have been born to a mother who drank during her pregnancy and he was born with fetal alcohol syndrome.

Novaya Gazeta, one of Russia’s few remaining independent news outlets, was shut down by the government

Ratepayers behind on their utility bills by 90 days or more as of March 30, 2022, will have their debt forgiven by Rhode Island Energy, according to EcoRI – RI Energy confirms that and says it should show up automatically on bills that it applies to.

In NYC, several large residential high-rises are raising money among the tenants to provide private security for the outside of the building and the general area.

Burger King announced it is investing $400M in a new branding campaign

UPS will need to hire 100,000 more personnel for the holiday season

83 y.o. owner of Patagonia has given away his company to a trust with 100% of the proceeds going to climate change causes. It’s valued at $8billion.

Moderna open to supplying COVID vaccines to China, CEO says

Roger Federer announces his retirement from professional tennis amidst serious fraud charges

PASSINGS

Queen Elizabeth II, at 96

Bernard Shaw, first anchor at CNN, at 82

Thomas Sparks, RI attorney known for creative marketing, with 5 offices

Ken Starr, the prosecutor whose investigation led to the impeachment of former U.S. President Bill Clinton in 1998, has died at age 76 – Reuters