Picking Sides: One reader wonders why people are so territorial
Dear C and Dr. B; This summer I was a camp counselor. Despite the effort the camp made to create a culture of camaraderie among attendees, the counselors for older […]
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The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Cultural Dinner 2021 Registration
The event is planned for September. Expect more details very soon. Sign up here to let us know you may be interested. This is a planned virtual meet & greet […]
Tardy Slip!: School plans missed their deadline
While schools are reopening imminently, plans for addressing risks from COVID-19 that the RI Department of Education were supposed to be made public by August 27 are, as of the […]
Scavengers, the Lot of Ya’!
You think you know RI? Prove it. Maybe you’ll learn something along the way. On the weekend of August 28, you and a team of up to 5 people can […]
Evictions may resume: Moratorium ended by US Supreme Court
In an unsigned “per curiam” opinion — supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/21a23_ap6c.pdf — the US Supreme Court tonight ruled that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lacks legal authority for an […]
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine fully approved by US FDA: RI hopes will boost take-up rate
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved full licensure for the two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine that was given Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) on December 11, 2020, for recipients […]
TS Henri: RI spared worst effects as storm passes
As of 5pm EDT Sun, Aug 22, 2021 in RI: All watches and warnings have been discontinued. TS Henri spared RI its worst effects: Rain has already ended over most […]
Electrical Outages Main Henri Problem: RI gets more wind than rain as storm passes to west
Although it is too early to be sure, with most of RI on the eastern side of the path of TS Henri the main consequence of the storm is electrical […]
TS Henri: Centered over Block Island, heading for mainland
IMPORTANT: This post is out of date and has been superseded; see motifri.com/wx-henri-2021-08-22-1700edt UPDATE: As of 2pm EDT, Tropical Storm Warnings have been dropped for all of RI except Block […]
H Henri: Most likely track still a direct hit on RI
IMPORTANT: This post is out of date and has been superseded; see motifri.com/wx-henri-2021-08-22-1100edt As of 5am EDT Sun, Aug 22, 2021 in RI:• A Storm Surge Warning and Hurricane Warning […]