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…

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$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…

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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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