With a snow storm bearing down on New England, Rhode Island officials are urging residents to stay at home Monday.
The National Weather Service Sunday afternoon issued a winter storm warning for a storm that could bring 12 to 18 inches of snow driven by 45 mph wind gusts to the region by early Tuesday morning.
The warning starts at 7 a.m. Monday and covers Rhode Island and portions of Connecticut and Massachusetts. It includes the cities of Providence, Boston, Worcester and Hartford.
R.I. Gov. Gina Raimondo banned tractor-trailers from state roads starting at 5 a.m. Monday except trucks carrying emergency supplies. The ban, prompted by the expectation of high winds and wet snow, is in effect until further notice.
Providence Kept Classrooms Open, and the Students Came Back
Unlike in many Northeastern cities, a majority of families in Rhode Island’s capital have sent their children back to school.
Guerline Azor checks the temperature of every child entering the school building, as part of Covid protocol.Credit.Philip Keith for The New York Times
PROVIDENCE, R.I. Rachel Santos is clear about one thing: Distance learning did not work for her.
“There was always Zoom meetings, and I couldn’t really focus on that, because I get easily distracted and there’s a lot of stuff going around in my house,” she said. Without any in-person support, she added, she had what she described as “mental breakdowns.”
Published December 22. 2020 10:17PM
PROVIDENCE (AP) Rhode Island has earmarked all $1.25 billion it received from the federal coronavirus response legislation, Gov. Gina Raimondo said Tuesday.
The Democrat broke down the the state s spending allocations for the CARES Act during her final weekly COVID-19 briefing of the year.
Raimondo said a large chunk of it about $490 million has been allocated towards business and economic support. The Providence Journal reports another $288 million was designated to cover state workers responding to the pandemic while $136 million has gone to city and town workers responding to the virus.
The governor said the state also allocated $129 million to other public health response costs, about $117 million on education and $90 million toward cash assistance, food, housing assistance and other benefits for families and individuals.
Authorities identify 7-year-old girl who died in Providence fire
Journal Staff
PROVIDENCE Authorities have identified the 7-year-old girl who died in a house fire Tuesday in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood.
She was Ashley Sandoval, who lived at the home that caught fire at 10 Lucy St., according to a news release from the Providence police.
Ashley s 2-year-old sister remained in the intensive-care unit at Hasbro Children s Hospital on Wednesday afternoon.
Ashley was a student in the Providence Public Schools, a School Department spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday morning.
The police statement said that adult relatives and another child were inside the house at the time of the fire and were able to escape.
Raimondo: Rhode Island has allocated all its federal money for virus response thewesterlysun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thewesterlysun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.