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Yes, the Cranston pool will reopen. No, it won’t be this summer. And it won’t be the same.
Cranston Budlong Pool to be repaired
Read MoreIn the news… for March 25th, 2023
RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY Medical residents and fellows at Massachusetts’ largest health systems are preparing to unionize Some Brown students want nap pods installed on campus to help address college students’ lack of healthy sleeping habits: “We need more sleep, and installing a few nap pods around campus would help us dream a little sweeter.”…
Read MoreUPDATED: Public pools struggle to open amidst repairs, renovations, lack of lifeguards
This is a developing story… Photo: Courtesy, Leah Williams Metts After 2 days of calls to the city of Providence to determine the status of the public pools, particularly the pool at the Davey Lopes Recreation Center, and receiving mixed messages about opening, construction and adjustments, the city released a statement about the status of…
Read MoreYour Coronavirus Update – Today, April 2, 2021
RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY R.I. on track to vaccinate 70% of eligible residents by mid-May Roger Williams University first local university to require vaccinations for attending in fall. For those with serious concerns, the university will try to help them with virtual options. Exemptions for medical/religious reasons are included. Taunton City Council returned to in-person…
Read MoreCranston loses a crusader in youth sports to COVID-19 – Robert “Bob” A. DeCosta
Cranston loses a crusader in youth sports – Robert “Bob” A. DeCosta – to COVID-19. His legacy will endure For close to the last fifty years the name Bob DeCosta, Sr. was widely known in youth sports circles throughout the city of Cranston. Whether it was as a coach of youth basketball in CLCF, or…
Read MoreYour Coronavirus Update – Today, June 20, 2020
Photo: Social Distancing campaign rally NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL 10% of the people with COVID19 do 80% of the spreading, according to a Welcome Open research publication – thought to be caused by close, indoor, prolonged exposure McDonald’s hiring ½ million workers – also will not be selling salads any longer. About 1.5 million laid-off workers…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update Today, Sun, June 7, 2020
Photo: Cranston’s Budlong Pool, which will remain closed all summer NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL U.S. coronavirus deaths surpass 110,000 CDC director advises protesters get tested for coronavirus: ‘I do think there is a potential for this to be a seeding event. The director also recommended that those who attended protests inform their loved ones and get…
Read MoreYour Coronavirus Update – Today, June 6, 2020
Photo: Brett Smiley’s Twitter photo of he and Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott at last night’s Black Lives Matter demonstration at the RI State House NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL AMC Theaters, the world’s largest theater chain, may not survive the pandemic, they say. Globally, there are 100,000 new cases of coronavirus every day. RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY Friday…
Read MoreYour Coronavirus Update – Today, June 2, 2020
Photo: RI State House at start of Pride Month – from PrideRI.org NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL “New York City opens next week, it took us 93 days to get here. Is this smart?” Governor Andrew Cuomo said of the mass protests. Thousands were seen not maintaining social distancing and not wearing masks. The governor said he…
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