EAST PROVIDENCE – I recently developed a taste for red wine. All my life I hated it and I believe the main reason was my grandfather’s homemade wine; always a staple at each and every Italian meal. more

EAST PROVIDENCE – Next month Gary is going back to war. Staying behind is his wife — a soldier and nurse — a few pets and many good friends. Tomatoes will still be ripening in his garden while he is away. Peppers with thick flesh will make it through the first few frosts. His truck, a black beauty with an aggressive grill, will wait for him in the garage. more

Imagine if everyone who had a job working with the public had that same attitude. Be it in a supermarket or gas station or restaurant. Can you make someone smile today? The elderly gentleman or the woman with three kids in tow or the guy who just got off a 12–hour shift? more

I never took many chances when I was young. No one I knew encouraged me to do otherwise. It took a man I’d never meet living a life I could barely understand to change that. more

Forbes Magazine last month published an article about the new millionaire next door to you. He was your local cop, firefighter, and teacher. The story noted that most of these workers can retire at a … more