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Federal Hill “Crime and Cuisine” tour owner responds to Walter Potenza’s “Defending Legacy”

August 29, 2024 |

by Bradly J. VanDerStad, owner, Providence Tour Company, letter to the editor Dear readers: My name is Bradly J. VanDerStad, the owner of the Providence Tour Company and the author ofFederal Hill’s most popular tour, “Crime and Cuisine on Federal Hill”. The tour, which wedescribe as a true-crime themed food tour, launched last May and…

COVID-19 presents unique opportunity to invest in bicycle infrastructure

May 30, 2020

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…

GriefSPEAK: What would you do if you weren’t afraid? – Mari Nardolillo Dias March 21, 2025
by Mari Nardolillo Dias, EdD, contributing writer I recently revisited the iconic, allegorical parable from the book “Who Moved My Cheese”? by Spencer Johnson. Often used as a “motivational business fable” (New York Times), the 4 characters display varying reactions to change and pitfalls. The characters, two mice (Sniff and Scurry) and two “littlepeople” (Hem… […]
Mari Dias
$4 million in scholarships available through Rhode Island Foundation March 21, 2025
PHOTO, top: $4 million in scholarships are available through the Rhode Island Foundation. Foundation President David N. Cicilline stands with some of last year’s recipients at a dinner honoring them in August 2024. At the time of year when colleges are sending out their financial aid packages, $4 million in scholarships is available through the… […]
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Rhode Island Weather for March 21, 2025 – Jack Donnelly March 21, 2025
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Low pressure and associated fronts drift through with rain through mid morning. Cloud cover will linger behind the storm’s passage through late afternoon. Winds will be up and gusty, shifting from south-southeast to west-southwest gusting to 30 mph. Highs around 50 and lows around 30. It’s a “C” day! ___ Follow… […]
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Outdoors in RI: Water watchers, Easter at The Preserve, Title IX, family fish, bow hunt, 2A time March 21, 2025
Photo, top: URI Watershed Watch (URI Photo/Bill McCusker) Water Watchers! URI Watershed Watch, which has collected water quality data on lakes, ponds, reservoirs, rivers, streams and the marine environment throughout southern New England, for more than 35 years, is seeking volunteers. A program of URI Cooperative Extension, Watershed Watch volunteers help to assess the impacts… […]
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Providence families: get ready to sign up for a summer of learning, fun. Eat, Play, Learn PVD March 21, 2025
Mayor Brett Smiley Announces Return of EAT, PLAY, LEARN PVD Providence families encouraged to learn more and sign up for summer programs at Summer Opportunities Fair, April 5 at Providence Career & Technical Academy Mayor Brett P. Smiley and Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green, Councilman Miguel Sanchez, Providence Public Schools Superintendent Javier Montañez, Director of Recreation Stephen… […]
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Homeless in RI: Blue light special for Providence from Crossroads RI – $685,000 March 20, 2025
Photo: E. W. Audet & Sons Crossroads is the leading provider of housing and services to those experiencing homelessness in Rhode Island, according to their website. They also note that 84% of their expenditures are spent on direct program support such as shelter, housing, education and employment services. Conversation about new blue LED lights on… […]
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Rhode Island Weather for March 20, 2025 – Jack Donnelly March 20, 2025
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Southerly flow ahead of the next weather maker currently over the central US will make for a mostly cloudy day and maybe some breaks in the afternoon of burned through sunshine. Morning lows in the low 40’s and afternoon highs in the low 50’s with a light southerly breeze. The Vernal… […]
Jack Donnelly
Business Beat: RI-based Ocean State Job Lot, acquires 15 Big Lots in region. Opening all soon. March 20, 2025
All locations to re-open as Ocean State Job Lot stores by May/June 2025 Ocean State Job Lot (OSJL), headquartered in North Kingstown, RI, the region’s premier discount retail chain with 159 stores across the Northeast, announced that it is in the process of acquiring 15 Big Lots locations in eight states. Legal documentation is being finalized.… […]
RINewsToday
RI Veterans: Did you know? 20.03.25 (VA changes, St. Joseph’s Day, events, more) – John A. Cianci March 20, 2025
by John A. Cianci, contributing writer, veterans issues VA Secretary Collins calls politicians lying to American people on VA cuts impacting Veteran healthcare and benefits Just a few days ago Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins visited the VA Medical facility in Nashville, Tennessee, where he was peppered with questions on past cuts and an estimated… […]
John Cianci
Rhode Island Weather for March 19, 2025 – Jack Donnelly March 19, 2025
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist It’s a two-fer! No torrential rain or howling wind! We’ll have a mostly clear sky with highs in the upper 50’s and morning lows in the mid 30’s with a light easterly breeze. It’s an “A” day! ___ Follow Jack’s weather forecasts, here: WEATHER WITH JOHN DONNELLY Jack Donnelly was born… […]
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