“You’ll love it!” my rising 1st-grader enthused as he prepared his baby brother for preschool. “You get to play all day. There’s play dough and dress-up and puzzles. And they always take you outside — even if it’s snowing!” Then a shadow fell across his face. “In my school, I don’t get to play that […]
The entering freshman class at the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) for fall 2017 includes the first beneficiaries of a new program that offers free tuition to RI residents who in 2017 either were graduated from high school (public, private or homeschooled) or completed the General Educational Development (GED) test while younger than 19 […]
The City of Pawtucket pulled out all the stops to honor Morris Nathanson on September 8, the day before his 90th birthday, at the “Curtain Up” gala opening of the 2017 Pawtucket Arts Festival. The bridge carrying Exchange Street over the Blackstone River between Roosevelt Avenue and Broadway had previously been named for Nathanson, but […]
Anyone who has visited CCRI’s Warwick campus in the morning knows the drill: A line of cars backed up on the long road in from East Avenue, and controlled chaos as hundreds of people arrive in a short period of time. But students, faculty and staff arriving for the first day of classes this year […]
Benny’s – Sign of the Apocalypse It is easy to talk about the impact on local businesses of Walmart, Home Depot and online shopping, but then comes the announcement that 31 Benny’s stores will be closing due to those soulless competitors by the end of year. That’s in-your-face reality, and not so pleasant. In fact, […]
How did you get involved in TEDx? I’m a TED fellow – I became one because of my work in international development. And back then, one of the requirements of being a TED fellow was that you host a TEDx event. You’ve done that for all six years now? Yes. What’s the most rewarding part? […]
Okee dokee folks… I am sitting next to my good friend, sound man extraordinaire, Greg Bass. He handles the sound reinforcement for Common Fence Music. Good sound techs are a vital part of making a concert work and he is one of the best around. As I’m writing this, we are at Common Fence Music […]
Mike Steinmetz describes himself as, “kind of a Renaissance man.” A Renaissance man is precisely the right kind of person for the job as Rhode Island’s first Cybersecurity Officer and Advisor to the Governor on Homeland Security. He likes music, flying and hikes in the woods with his spouse. “I have a grounding in […]
It’s back to school time, which means that our social media newsfeeds are full of back-to-school stories. The cute first day photos, the recipes for healthy meal prep ideas, the shopping lists, that video everyone shared to me with the mom in Target offering to add a microwave to her kid’s back to school list. […]
Tragic events in Georgia shortly before press time have added an element of gritty reality to the topic of campus shootings. Scout Schultz of Georgia Tech was shot and killed on campus by police. He was encouraging them to fire at the time, armed with an unextended utility tool and, according to notes he left […]