Posts Tagged ‘news’
In the news: Quick recap of the week’s news… 6.14.25
RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY Pawtucket: June 23: Slater Park Carousel opens daily, 11am to 5pm. June 28th – Pawtucket Vets public pool opens. Aug. 29 – Sept. 7, Pawtucket Arts Festival An unintentional overspend of Rhode Island’s motion picture tax credit program requires lawmakers to backfill a $3.2 million shortfall to production companies awarded incentives…
Read MoreDrowning in corruption in Bonnet Shores: Hundreds sign petition. No action by lawmakers.
This is an update to a story RINewsToday did on April 1st – “Drowning in corruption in Bonnet Shores: by Dr. Melissa Jenkins Mangili”. Drowning in corruption in Bonnet Shores: Dr. Melissa Jenkins Mangili The latest development is a petition asking for change – to which the group says they have hundreds of signatures, but…
Read MoreBurn with Kearns: Train smarter, not harder. Multi-use fitness tools – Kevin Kearns
By Coach Kevin Kearns – Founder of Burn with Kearns, UFC S&C Coach, and Master of Functional Innovation In an age of boutique gyms and trendy toys, it’s tempting to chase the newest, flashiest gear. But what really separates pros from amateurs isn’t just what they use—it’s how they use it. I’ve been in the…
Read MoreGriefSpeak: Waiting for Dad – Mari Nardolillo Dias
By: Mari Nardolillo Dias, EdD, contributing writer, grief and grieving First published June, 2021: “If there is any immortality to be had among us human beings, it is certainly only in the love that we leave behind. Fathers like mine don’t ever die.” (Leo Buscaglia) This is my 22nd Father’s Day without you, and it…
Read MoreUrgent call by Rhode Island Blood Center for Type O- and B- blood
RHODE ISLAND BLOOD CENTER ISSUES URGENT CALL FOR TYPE O- AND B- BLOOD DONATIONS AHEAD OF WORLD BLOOD DONOR DAY The region’s supply of critical blood types is currently at a 2-day level, dangerously low heading into the critical summer months RHODE ISLAND – Rhode Island Blood Center (RIBC) has issued an urgent call for…
Read MoreOutdoors in RI – Risky cattails, Fight the Bite mosquito report, 2A gun ban bill update
Fire hazard: Phragmites sometimes pose an overlooked risk Photo, top: Charlestown Beach, URI Photos / Laura Meyerson URI invasives expert studies a problematic plant Laura Meyerson was stepping through a marsh on the Housatonic River in Connecticut on a picture-perfect day as a young graduate student, when an offhand remark changed her whole outlook on the…
Read MoreIn the News… quick recap of the week’s news (6.7.25)
This weekly feature is designed to give you only the most basic topic you may not have known was “in the news” – being a digital publication we don’t have the luxury of pages of text reporting on important things – like the topics, below. But! We know you may be interested in some of…
Read MoreIn the News… quick recap of the week’s news (5.31.25)
RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY A 95-unit affordable housing development on land once contained the Narragansett Park racetrack in Pawtucket Rhode Island Lottery report recommends RI add four to six new online sports betting vendors to boost its competitiveness with its neighbors, but only if it makes itself more attractive to popular companies like DraftKings and…
Read MoreIn the News… quick recap of the week ending May 24, 2025
RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY AG Neronha says there are 10 ICE agents in RI, and the govt wants our law enforcement to be more involved Hope Health aid fired – caught on video mocking a patient by granddaughter – patient had been there for 3 days and has since passed away 14 y.o. stabbed another…
Read MoreIn the News… recap of the week ending May 16, 2025
RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY Obama summer home on Martha’s Vineyard up for sale for $39 Million Freight Farms, a Boston-based company that repurposed shipping containers into high-tech farms that could grow food, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and ceased operations. The Daily Table, a low cost grocery chain in MA is closing – at…
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