Formally known by the more unwieldy title of "The Providence Journal March and Two-Step," the composition followed a national trend at the intersection of music and newspapering.

The music was composed by John Fitzpatrick. While still a boy, he got a job playing piano at Shepard's Department Store. While still a boy, he got a job playing piano at Shepard's Department Store.

Fitzpatrick, John J, "Providence Journal March" (1900). Parlor Salon Sheet Music Collection. Score 1479.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mmb-ps/1479

Drivers killed three pedestrians on North Main Street over the past year. Now, members of a new city task force are trying to figure out why the thoroughfare is so hazardous, and what can be done to make it safer. Journal staff writer Amy Russo reports.

His father, a farmer, lost 200 acres to the reservoir project in the 1960s, and when Breene wanted to buy his own dairy farm later, he ended up having to buy land outside the management area. “I’d rather be down on Big River.” 

“I always felt bad, because some people had some beautiful places and figured they had to get right out because the reservoir was supposed to be built in the early '70s. Some of the people who were older could have just stayed there, the way it all turned out, and finished out their lives where they were happy.” 

Jo-Ann Lemaire talks about her husband Frank outside the old gray house. The summer wind swirls her hair as she remembers his feelings about the reservoir project 

Nellie Gaye, who was homeless and hungry as a child in her native Liberia, discusses establishing the One Less Worry program, which provides free food to people in need. The program is based at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Providence.

@GWayneMiller #podcast for @projo. Story, photos and video at providencejournal.com

Imagine there was a way to prevent potential pandemics by accurately predicting how they might unfold, which would enable policymakers and medical and public health officials to act to stop them long before reaching crisis stage.

Brown University School of Public Health epidemiologist Mark Lurie describes a major new initiative that he heads that aims to make this possible.

@gwaynemiller #podcast for @projo -- story and images at providencejournal.com

The more than 3,000 Rhode Islanders lost to COVID were memorialized Saturday with a display of thousands of white flags on the State House lawn and a ceremony that opened a week during which the flags will remain in place. The display was created by artist Suzanne Firstenberg, who explains its purpose here. NOTE: This was recorded outside, so there are background sounds.

@gwaynemiller #podcast for The Providence Journal; read the story and see photographs here.

Interim state Health Department director Dr. James McDonald is resigning. In this interview, he explains his reasons.

@gwaynemiller #podcast for @projo - story at providencejounal.com

Speaking at a forum during Brown University’s commencement weekend, former state Health Department director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott discussed health equity, the COVID-19 pandemic, her admiration for former Gov. Gina Raimondo and her staff, and the leadership qualities she says are needed to head public-health agencies. The discussion was moderated by Dr. Megan Ranney, an emergency physician and academic dean of Brown's School of Public Health.

@gwaynemiller #podcast for @projo, story at providencejournal.com

 Mary Marran, president and COO of Butler Hospital, discusses the crisis in the state’s behavioral health care and disabilities systems and a path toward reform.

@gwaynemiller #podcast for @projo Story at The Providence Journal