Watching Lee Segal, co-owner of All Fired Up, a pottery gallery on historic Thames Street, work his magic in finalizing a clay bread bowl before painting, truly is a fascinating experience. Segal, a Los Angeles native, has spent the past 30 years perfecting the fading art of pottery making and ceramics.

O’Hare looked like a carnival. Children and parents scurried around the academic building with bookmarks and books. In a classroom, children sat in a circle watching frogs and other creatures during Critter Corner. Fun was not the only objective on the first Saturday of March.

A childlike gleam finds itself in Donald Mosher’s eyes and lights his face like Christmas morning as he drives past Newport’s First Beach. At first it’s hard to tell what he’s so happy about. His van is filled with students and that’s the way he likes it, but this gleam is for something different, and he’s happy to tell a packed shuttle all about it.

In case you didn’t hear, and/or haven’t been affected by the tragedy, Dunkin Donuts on Memorial Avenue is closed for renovations. It’s OK.you’re not alone in your depression and misery.

The news spread faster than the latest application on Facebook, and once word seeped through the student body, the results were not pleasant.

Some of the best days of my life involved lacing up my Adidas cleats, pulling my long black and gold socks over my shin guards, grabbing my water bottle and jogging out onto the freshly cut grass at my high school soccer field with my teammates. The sport taught respect, organization and fostered growth in both maturity and camaraderie.