In probably the most emphatic repudiation of the status quo by voters since the electoral rout that ended the reign of Democrat Party chairman and Senate majority leader Rocco A. Quattrocchi in 1983, six of the 18 General Assembly incumbents facing 2016 primary challenges, all Democrats, were defeated by insurgent newcomers. This should terrify the […]
It was not a job for anybody with a fear of heights. More than 400 feet up, workers headed into the homestretch assembling a 1.5 megawatt wind turbine in western Coventry. A crane operator on the ground and a supervisor at the top worked together to maneuver the blades into place. Each blade weighs nine tons […]
Okee dokee folks… Back in 1994 when the folk boom was at its peak and I was performing in the folk duo, Fuzek-Rossoni, Mary Ann Rossoni and I discovered the Folk Alliance. Back in those days there was a magazine called FolkFare that printed all the schedules of coffeehouses and folk performers in the northeast […]
The idea that our children can have a better life for themselves goes hand-in-hand with the values of hard work and improved education. And few states value education as highly as Rhode Island, a college city-state and ground zero for the launch of the very successful Pell Grants that help fund educational pursuits nationwide. Under the […]
Hygiene News You’ve come a long way, baby. The reigning academic LGBT king/queen of political correctness and insipid and fragile sensitivities, Brown University, recently announced it will provide free tampons and sanitary napkins in all university building bathrooms. Yes, we mean women’s, gender inclusive and men’s rooms. Guess the guys will have to continue to […]
Held at several historic and hip haunts in Providence, this year’s national Rocky Horror Picture Show (RHPS) convention proved that creatures of the night have all the fun, even 41 years later. The year’s theme was “Rocky Noir,” so it’s only fitting that many of the RKO Con’s guests opted to inject a little extra […]
Something new is brewing in the dance world, and it’s brewing right in our neck of the woods. This fall, some of the country’s most innovative choreographers will descend upon Rhode Island for the inaugural Northeast Choreographers Festival. The festival is the brainchild of Fusionworks Dance Company in Lincoln, founded in 1987. Back then, the […]
Motif’s team took to the emails, the phones and even tracked down those candidates and office holders we could find in person to try to find out where they stand on the issue of legalizing cannabis so we could share that with you. Three things surprised us: 1.There was a lot more agreement than we […]
Downtown Bristol is about as close to Main Street USA as you’ll ever get. And for two centuries Linden Place has been the centerpiece of grandeur and history in the heart of Hope Street. But it is the building on a side street adjacent to Linden Place that is beginning to draw Bristolians and out-of-town […]
Aries: Be prepared for upsets and interruptions in your daily routine. Flexible is the key word here. Changes in your diet or exercise routine increase your sense of well-being. Expect new and exciting people to enter your life with the strong possibility of romance. Some reorganizing on the physical as well as the spiritual level is […]