Opened Apple Cinemas, a small chain of movie theaters, but one with more goodwill and pleasantness than many bigger chains, will be taking over the cinemas at Providence Place Mall. Ultimately, movie junkies only had to sit out for a week between owners, but the deal came together so quickly, employees we interviewed on the […]
At Providence, solar aurora may be visible overnight Tue into Wed and, to a lesser extent, Wed into Thu. Aurora is unusual at latitudes this far south, but it typically happens a few times every year. Weather at Providence during the potential aurora will be partly cloudy increasing from 40% cloud cover Tue sunset to […]
Mayor-elect of New York City Zohran Mamdani is a self-avowed “democratic socialist,” and his policy proposals include free public transit, free child care, city-run grocery stores, and free everything else, all funded by increasing taxes on corporations and wealthy city residents. Mamdani has based his suddenly rocketing popularity on telling people what they want to […]
Michael Bilow of Motif attended the 3:30pm court hearing and is reporting based on his personal observations. At a hearing in US District Court in Providence on the afternoon of Thu, Nov 6, Judge John J. McConnell Jr seemed incredulous that the option in his Oct 31 order to make partial instead of full Supplemental […]
Michael Bilow of Motif attended the 1:00pm court hearing and is reporting based on his personal observations. In a case with national significance and effect, Judge John J. McConnell Jr of the US District Court in Providence today granted a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) requiring the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to make Supplemental Nutrition […]
Wind Advisory in effect from October 31, 02:00 PM EDT until November 1, 05:00 AM EDT At Providence, remnants of Hurricane Melissa although far offshore will combine with a conventional storm system approaching from the west to bring heavy rain Thu 4pm – Fri 5am, possibly as much as 2 inches of rainfall, with chance […]
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known by its old name, “food stamps,” is funded primarily by the federal government but run by state governments. The money ordinarily placed on Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards on the first day of every month is expected not to be available on Nov 1 due to the […]
“The biggest show in the smallest state,” is expecting a dramatic uptick this year, as Boston FanCon happened months earlier than usual. The biggest indoor event of the year will once again take over the AMP, Convention Center, and parts of the Omni hotel with a horde of cosplayers and super fans numbering in the […]
I live in North Kingstown, and a friend of mine, a retired police officer, rented the downstairs half of a house down the street from me. At least he did until last year when his landlord told him the rent wasn’t nearly as high as the market would bear, and raised it again. When my […]
This is an unofficial overview of Motif distribution. The official details are explained in twodocuments, “Rules of the Job” and the “Driver Agreement.” Applicants for independent contractor delivery driver positions will be interviewed by thedistribution manager in-person. Interviews can be arranged during the business day, evenings or on weekends. You must have a valid operator’s […]