The two-story brick building looks like a fortress — and it’s built like one. In fact, the old Bishop McVinney School was designated by the city of Providence as a nuclear fallout shelter in the 1960s. Constructed more than 75 years ago in the shadows of the Cranston Street Armory, the building was home to […]
Think of the grandma, aunt or mother-in-law in your life to whom you still turn for their invaluable wisdom. Consider your hard-working sister, your co-worker with the newborn or the neighbor who watches the kids when you run to the market. Express your gratitude to these fabulous ladies in your life and declare your […]
The Rhode Island Foundation officially announced the two recipients of their annual Innovation Fellowship Grant at a reception on Wednesday night (April 15) in the gallery at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium. John Haley and the husband and wife team of Deniel Kamil and Emily Steffian will receive $300,000 over three years to fund a project […]
What do you think would be the advantages of being the first state in New England to legalize? First, there’s historical pride in being a leader on important social issues like this. In 50 years, I think we will look back on marijuana prohibition the same way we look back on alcohol prohibition now. We’ll […]
What do you think would be the advantages of being the first state in New England to legalize? I do not think there would be any advantages to Rhode island becoming the first state in New England to legalize recreational marijuana. What do you think the disadvantages would be? Disadvantages outweigh the advantages. The verdict […]
We talked to The Rhode Island Patient Assistance Coalitions’ JoAnne Leppanen about a proposed bill in the Senate that has a lot of caregivers and medical marijuana patients concerned. She not only shared their concerns, but gave us a quick history of medical marijuana in RI. “The original legalization of medical marijuana was really an […]
The dozen girls and boys who have gathered around a set of tables for an evening workshop don’t know it yet, but the masks they create over the next 90 minutes will help many of them work through issues they are facing: maybe problems at home, or school or with friends. And they will share […]