Meet Alison Mountford, RINewsToday new Food Writer

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by Nancy Thomas Chef Alison Mountford joins RINewsToday as our new Food Writer & will be providing weekly recipes and other food and cooking information, from time to time. She is the founder of Ends+Stems – a meal planning membership and recipe website to reduce food waste. “Chef Alison” also hosts a series of online…

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ART! Murals debut TODAY at Davey Lopes Rec Center Pool

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by Nancy Thomas Photos: Amber Art Instagram A unique art installation/mural project happened in the past two months. To accompany the opening of the newly renovated Davey Lopes Pool, which did not open last year due to extensive renovations needed, a mural commission was begun by the City of Providence. This year the pool will…

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The Slater Mill Field Trip: in the footsteps of Samuel Slater – Herb Weiss

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By Herb Weiss, contributing writer In Pawtucket’s downtown, you will find historic Slater Mill, consisting of the Slater and Wilkinson Mill and the Sylvanus Brown House, sitting on five acres of land on both sides of the Blackstone River, a mill that celebrates America’s Industrial Revolution to generations of visiting students. Pawtucket resident Patricia S. Zacks…

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RINewsToday guest of “The Kassman” podcast

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by Nancy Thomas How wonderful it was to hear from local veteran media host, Steve Kass two weeks ago. Kass hosted a popular radio show on WPRO for decades. And had a leadership role in the Big Brothers organization. I first met Steve when it was my volunteer task to take bouquets of pink tulips…

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“Every now and then it helps to be a little deaf,” RBG

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by Nancy Thomas Sunday’s always a day for catch-up. Cats curled up. Some nice sweet thing to eat, not the boring, healthy weekly fare. Music up! Instead of the drone of news. Clean up the emails – delete the spam, file others for reading later in the day. Long articles, “magazine” pieces, etc. having been…

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The Good, The Bad & The Ugly in RI – March 20, 2020

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by Nancy Thomas, opinion THE GOOD Americans helping Americans From small acts of kindness to true acts of sacrifice. Fitness centers who are putting short daily workouts on Facebook Live. Neighbors and family members checking in on sheltering 60+-year-olds to see if they need anything. The 1,746 retired and private sector healthcare workers who responded…

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