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COVID-19 presents unique opportunity to invest in bicycle infrastructure
by Bradly J. VanDerStad, biking enthusiast, for RINewsToday It’s deeply embedded in human nature to resist change. We have seen it across history: the 18th-century English Luddites destroyed machinery to protect their jobs and way of life, counter-protestors marched during the civil rights movement and in response to the Obergefell v. Hodges decision, and now, there…
Read MoreHow Covid-19 Increased Your Home’s Value
By Emilio DiSpirito, Realtor and Team Leader of The DiSpirito Team of HomeSmart Professionals www.DiSpiritoTeam.com We are now headed into the third month since Coronavirus changed our economy and culture forever here in the USA, and particularly, here in Rhode Island. Covid-19’s devasting negative effects on our hospitality industry, peer to peer activities, marriages, business and…
Read MoreSmart Shopping in a COVID-19 World
Editor’s Note: We hear often from our friend, Ray Rickman, about how difficult it is to go safe walking, working, and shopping in this time of the coronavirus. Often it is the runner or biker who spoils the safety zone, so Ray curated some information about how to do it right and offers it to…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update – Today, May 7, 2020
Photo, WSLS TV, Florida: The Grim Reaper, or Florida lawyer Daniel Uhlfelder, walking the Florida beaches with a strong message.. see story below… NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL Humana is waiving co-pays and deductibles for Medicare Advantage members who visit their in-network primary care doctor or see a behavioral health specialist. Tectonix analyzed the travel paths of phones…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update Today, April 21, 2020
(Photo, top: India has created disinfectant tunnels for people, bikes, to go through) NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL Disney stops paying 100,000 workers, roughly half its workforce, even as it protects executive bonus schemes and a $1.5 billion dividend payment due in July. US will halt all immigration to U.S. Brooklyn nursing home marks 55 deaths Tom…
Read MoreThe World Needs Rebels
By Jeff Gross, contributing writer 2 years ago someone I highly admire made the comment to me, “The world needs rebels”. I annoyed her with a question while trying to look out for her best interest and hence her rebel reply. She is capable of handling her own affairs and did not need me being…
Read MoreStand Clear of the Closing Doors Please – a short story by Michael Fine
By Michael Fine © 2020 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. Roland Chesney felt outside himself…
Read MoreTiming the Market
By Emilio DiSpirito, Realtor with the DiSpirito Team of HomeSmart Professionals Should I sell my house now, or wait to list until spring? Figuring out the right time to sell can help you maximize the sale price of your home and take some stress out of the process. However, what many realtors fail to tell…
Read MoreFind that summer Parks & Recs job – now
The RI Dept. of Environmental Management’s Division of Parks and Recreation supplements their full-time staff with seasonal employees during the peak operating season from May to October. Lifeguards for both freshwater and saltwater beaches, beach managers, park rangers and naturalists, recreational area clerks, facilities attendants, and campground attendants are just a few examples of positions…
Read More5 Challenges of Selling Your Home
by Emilio DiSpirito, The DiSpirito Team Selling a home can be a stressful experience. One of the greatest things about being a real estate agent is the fact that no two transactions are the same. Because no two transactions are alike, there are different challenges that must be overcome. But, getting to the bottom of…
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