The Providence Journal
Newsmakers (5:30 a.m., Ch. 12; 10 a.m., Ch. 64; 7 p.m., Ch. 64.2)
Tim White and Ted Nesi sit down with U.S. Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., in his first local television interview since serving as one of the House impeachment managers.
In the Arena (7 a.m., Ch. 6)
Providence City Council President Sabina Matos joins Joe Paolino Jr. to discuss the most pertinent issues facing the city, as well as her bid to become the next lieutenant governor of Rhode Island.
State of the State (8 a.m., Cox Ch. 13, Verizon Ch. 32 and Full Channel Ch. 9)
Author Victor Moffitt and Kevin Breene, West Greenwich Town Administrator, discuss the failed Big River Reservoir project and its abuse of eminent domain law; author Paul Caranci discusses Scoundrels Among Us and three other books, which capture the good, bad and ugly aspects of Rhode Island.
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A pop-up coronavirus testing site in Barrington will remain open for an additional two weeks. (Jenna Fisher/Patch)
BARRINGTON, RI A pop-up asymptomatic COVID-19 testing site in Barrington will stay open for an additional two weeks, said Town Manager James Cunha in his weekly update Friday.
The rapid testing site, located at the former Joseph A. Bank storefront in the Barrington Shopping Center, opened on Jan. 12 and was scheduled to remain open until Jan. 23. However, the site will now be offering tests through Feb. 6.
The Barrington rapid testing site is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is being supported by Joe Paolino and Paolino Properties, the RI Department of Health, and the RI National Guard.
Sunday news shows in R.I., Jan. 24, 2021
The Providence Journal
Newsmakers (5:30 a.m., Ch. 12; 10 a.m., Ch. 64; 7 p.m., Ch. 64.2)
Tim White, Ted Nesi and Eli Sherman break down the latest on the vaccine rollout in Rhode Island; U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., discusses President Joe Biden’s inauguration and when Gov. Gina Raimondo might be confirmed as commerce secretary.
In the Arena (7 a.m., Ch. 6)
Frank Picozzi, the newly elected Mayor of Warwick, joins Joe Paolino Jr. to discuss his grassroots campaign that led him to victory over an established Democratic candidate, and his top priorities for the city.
Eddie Beard was a symbol of that: a Providence housepainter who went to Congress.
He walked the chamber with a brush in the breast pocket of his $50 suits, the only blue-collar rep in the late 1970s.
When he lost in 1980 after three terms, he did not become a lobbyist or corporate guy. He ran a Central Falls tavern for six years, then headed elderly services for the City of Providence.
Eddie that’s what everyone called him was the real deal.
Sadly, just shy of 81, he took his leave from us this week from the toll of Parkinson’s.
I saw some of that when I was perhaps the last journalist to interview him.
The Doc
Dennis “Doc” Littky has spent a lifetime working to transform education. He is one of the leading innovators in America and arguably the biggest change agent in education in America. He either single-handedly or with others co-founded The Big Picture - a network of high schools across the country, The Met School and now an accredited college College Unbound.
His work as a principal at Thayer Junior/Senior High School in Winchester, N.H. was featured in an NBC movie, A Town Torn Apart based on the book Doc: The Story of Dennis Littky and His Fight for a Better School.