Governor Raimondo held her daily press conference today at 1pm. Dr. James McDonald filled in for Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott. Rhode Island saw the biggest spike in COVID-related fatalities today with 24 new deaths, pushing the official total to 324. There are 188 new cases today, a drop from the previous day’s high of 327. Dr. […]
Today at 1pm, Governor Gina Raimondo and Department of Health Director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott held their daily press conference and follow-up phone call for the media. There are 327 COVID-19 cases, 17 new deaths. Hospitalizations continue to be at a plateau, with no decline. The governor said she was worried about the weekend because of […]
View The Live Stream The East Providence High School Art Show will live stream its opening on Providence Gallery Night, Thursday, May 21 at 7pm. There will be a link at this location. If you’d like to invest in any piece of artwork from this show, many are available. Inquire to Jsisti@epschoolsri.com and include the […]
Governor Gina Raimondo had her daily press conference today at 1pm. “We seem to have hit a plateau, and that is good news,” she said. “We’re still not in a decline, which is where I wish we were, but we’ll take the plateau.” She stressed that the Ocean State is not out of the woods […]
I’ve never written about local news until now. Truthfully, most of my news has come from national outlets over the past few years, but as we find ourselves in the midst of a crisis that affects us on both a national and local level, I’ve been relying more and more on local news sources to […]
Being a woman has brought with it both heartache and joy, but mostly it has shackled me to a role that does not fit who I am or what I am about. Prejudice exists for both men and women and being recognized as a self — one independent of these categories — might be impossible […]
Corn, Avocado and Black Bean Salad Vegetables: 2 cups corn (fresh or thawed frozen) 30 cherry tomatoes, cut in half 1 15 oz. can black beans, rinsed and drained 2 avocados, diced 1 red onion, diced ¼ cup cilantro, chopped Dressing: 2 T cannabis infused olive oil 1 lemon, juiced 1 tsp. cumin ½ tsp […]
Reviews of “Crisis Standards of Care” documents from all hospitals in RI have been ordered by the Department of Health (DoH), according to a statement by its director, Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott, at the governor’s press conference on Apr 17. Such documents set out rules for rationing limited resources, such as intensive care unit (ICU) beds […]
Testing RI Gov. Gina Raimondo said, “We hear that a lot of people are going into CVS pharmacies requesting a test. You cannot do that. The only way to sign up for a test is to go on-line to CVS.COM [cvs.com/minuteclinic/covid-19-testing].” The only CVS testing facility in RI is in the parking lot of Twin […]
The press conference on Wed, Apr 8, will be at 2:30pm instead of the usual 1pm. New Testing Facility Gov. Gina Raimondo announced at her daily press conference that a new drive-through testing facility was now open and operating in the parking lot of the Twin River casino in Lincoln (which is otherwise closed). RI […]