All day long the gifts kept coming. And coming. And coming. On a brisk day in mid-December it was an outpouring of generosity that would ultimately brighten the holidays for nearly 1,400 needy families in Rhode Island. Welcome to the annual Spirit of Giving holiday drive for Children’s Friend, Rhode Island’s oldest child welfare organization, […]
Bus World Issues having to do with RIPTA buses are always on Jorge’s mind as he has been riding them his entire life and has never had a driver’s license. He talks to drivers and other passengers and, with the weather we have been experiencing, it seems that the frustrations of many folks who are […]
by Erminio Pinque/Big Nazo
Aftermath Well, Juno (the blizzard) didn’t turn out to be ’78 redux, but it did shake everyone up, and it seems a lot of those responsible for dealing with the storm did their homework and got Vo Dilun back on track in a day or two. It was bad enough to shut down RIPTA for over 24 hours, […]
Fifteen hundred times a day on average, 911 operators ask callers if they have an emergency and whether they need police, fire or medical help. More than half a million calls last year came into the statewide E-911 center housed in the state police headquarters complex in Scituate, then were routed to the appropriate local […]
It is a graduation with no gowns, music or the obligatory walk across a stage. But for Raphael Ribera this is a major milestone in his life — and one that may well save his life. Raf, as his friends here call him, has just completed a 90-day reentry and recovery program run by The […]
I had been tired and achy for months, but assumed I was stressed and overworked. My memory and cognitive abilities were off and I couldn’t handle stressful situations. I went in for a routine check-up and my blood pressure was off the charts, which lead to a test for my cholesterol levels. My primary care physician […]
Rhode Island licenses doctors and dentists, nurses, midwives, athletic trainers and dieticians for the medical community. They also license acupuncturists and their assistants, chiropractors, massage therapists and interpreters for the deaf. They do not license naturopathic physicians. To find out why, I went to the Department of Health, which issues all licensing permits for RI. A supervisor said […]
Health. Detox. Cleansing. No more Booze. No more processed okra. No more white stuff of any kind (humans excluded because they’re everywhere). We’ve all done it. Claimed New Year’s resolutions with such fervor those staunch proclamations might as well be set in stone on Mt. Sinai. You know the particularly difficult resolutions — completely nixing […]
Tune In & Tune Up, the health awareness initiative of the RI Music Hall of Fame, has changed a lot in the last year. Conceived as a way to raise awareness in the music community of health issues, especially preventative care, it ended up focusing a lot of effort on helping musicians navigate the strange landscape that shaped efforts […]