In the News… summary for March 16, 2024

RHODE ISLAND & REGION

Scandinavian nursing home will close though assisted living will stay open – families need to transition their family members

1^st PFC Soccer Game sells out for March 16^th

Bristol’s Seabra Market to close and become Clement’s Market

VL Club on Federal Hill – 3 stabbings last weekend

Laundry room opens at Lowell, MA middle school for student use and education

A Holocaust exhibit will open in April in Boston

The Rhode Island Coalition to End Homelessness announced on Monday that Kimberly Simmons will be its new executive director.

PVDFest will be held Sept. 6 & 7, back at downtown location

Providence has ordered Rhode Island Recycled Metals to halt all operations, claiming one of the state’s most recognizable scrap metal yards is doing business without a license.

“Gronk” – Rob Gronkowski – will serve as 2024 Grand Marshal of the Boston Marathon

Hilton Hotels will buy The Graduate – formerly The Biltmore

Melissa DuBose confirmed as federal judge in RI

Quidnesset Country Club built a seawall without proper permitting and approvals

RWU offers a 15% tuition discount for applicants who volunteer for the Girl Scouts

Gov. McKee’s administration will get as much as $75K in some cases, in raises

RI Recycled Metals on Allens Ave must stop doing Business because they are not licensed – after they stayed open – City of Providence issues cease & desist order, claims facility is still operating without a license.

Mass General Brigham promotes executives, plans department shifts, combining some departments and programs at two academic medical centers to streamline operations and improve patient experience

RIPTA will postpone service cuts scheduled to go into effect April 6 to give time to see what effect the new driver pay increases will have

The Rhode Island Department of Housing has named Tara Booker to the position of Executive Director of Homelessness and Community Supports.

Cindy Stepanian has been elevated to the role of Director of Operations for the RI Hospitality Assoc

Kimberly Simmons (Kimberly Smith-Cofield), new Executive Director of the RI Coalition against Homelessness resigned from a job with an anti-poverty organization in Massachusetts after she used the agency’s credit card for approx. $28K dollars in personal expenses, half of which has been paid back – as reported out by ProJo reporter, Katie Mulvaney

Transportation sect Buttigieg will visit RI on Tuesday

South Fork Wind Farm, a 12-turbine project, and the country’s first “utility-scale” offshore wind far is now operating and connected to the Long Island energy system. It is 19 miles from the Block Island wind turbines and was constructed in and off the coast of Rhode Island.

Viola Davis surprised her sister with a visit to Central Falls High School

In Rockland, MA, there was a rape of a man in his late 20s at a ‘migrant’ hotel.

Stoughton, MA has had an iNFLux of migrants and is calling on the state for help, as groups are seen walking up on the highways.

Worcester Red Sox (Woo Sox) choose Woonsocket native Brooke Cooper as the team’s next general manager, first woman GM in Red Sox franchise history.

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NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL

The Celestis company has sent the remains of more than 2,000 clients to Earth orbit, the moon and into deep space. A lunar or deep space flight costs around $13,000.

The Minority Business Development Agency, a national government agency created five decades ago to boost the fortunes of minority-owned Businesses discriminated against white people and white Business owners who sued for discrimination must now serve all Business owners, regardless of race, a federal judge in Texas

Dartmouth men’s basketball team votes to unionize

Dollar Tree closing 1,000 stores

Target will launch a fee membership of $49-$99 that will offer free delivery within hours if over $35 – or free next day delivery

Pope Francis says Kiev should negotiate with Russia now – Ukraine did not react well to that suggestion

A Holocaust Museum has opened in the Netherlands – many Dutch were part of the Holocaust

Ramadan runs from March 10 to April 9

Putin warns US they are ready for nuclear war if their autonomy is threatened

Kohls to add Babies R Us to select stores

State of Virginia bans legacy admissions at its public colleges/universities

At the Oscars, Oppenheimer won for Best Picture – Emma Stone in Poor Things won for Best Actress, and Cillian Murphy, in Oppenheimer for Best Actor.  Oppenheimer won 7 overall awards.

Boeing whistleblower found dead – contributed to a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

US pledges $100 Million to Haiti groups fighting the takeover of the country

The Body Shop closes all US stores

Air BNB will ban the use of interior security cameras

Sect. of US Dept. Of HUD, Marcia Fudge, to step down

Marines sent in to the embassy in Haiti

Elon Musk cancels Don Lemon show on “X”

Porn Hub is leaving Texas due to legislation passed that requires the company to verify the age of its users.

Miami put a curfew into effect for spring breakers 11:59pm to 6am

First ship carrying food to Gaza by World Food Kitchen has arrived

Efforts to ban Tik Tok continue to move through the RI General Assembly

NYC clarifies its “right to shelter” law. Was meant for New Yorkers, not migrant population. Going forward, adult migrants will be given 30 days shelter one time only – using that time to set themselves up with other arrangements.

South Fork Wind Farm, a 12-turbine project, and the country’s first “utility-scale” offshore wind far is now operating and connected to the Long Island energy system. It is 19 miles from the Block Island wind turbines and was constructed in and off the coast of Rhode Island.

Lyft pulls out of Minneapolis after City Council passes legislation that would make drivers earn less

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PASSINGS

Deborah Kelso, 67, former director of the Coast Guard House and director of the Narragansett Chamber of Commerce

Baruch David Kirschenbaum, 93, Professor Emeritus of Art History at RISD

Gerald Levin, 84, AOL Time Warner merger maker

Ron St. Pierre, 69, icon among RI broadcasters

May-Ronny Zaidman, 79, director of Bornstein Holocaust Center in Providence