Larry the K's Lineup

Survivors circle the Norton High School track during the June 2023 Relay For Life opening lap. The Relay For Life of Greater Attleboro to benefit the American Cancer Society (ACS) will be holding the kickoff for its reimagined 2024 event from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22 at the Attleboro Arts Museum, 86 Park St., Attleboro, with a snow date of Wednesday, Feb. 28 at the same time. The kickoff at the museum, a community partner of the relay, will share information about this year’s 26th event, which is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, June 8 at Norton High School. The relay has changed from an 18-hour overnight event to a one-day only one to attract more people and families. At the kickoff, the top fundraisers from the 2023 event will be presented awards and a preliminary relay schedule will be shared. The kickoff is open to anyone interested in learning more about the relay. The Relay For Life of Greater Attleboro draws teams and participants from most Attleboro area com...

In this column, which was published in the January 2024 edition of Jewish Rhode Island of Providence, R.I., I share 10 thoughts to usher in 2024. The link to the column, as it appears on the newspaper’s website is at the end of the column. ******** Here are 10 thoughts and observations to usher in 2024: 1. Almost four years removed from the start of the pandemic, COVID-19, thanks to vaccines and boosters, is more or less another thing to contend with, but it still stinks to get a positive test --- especially so when it comes after having done all the right things. I received the two original vaccines in 2021, three boosters over the next year-plus and the latest one this past fall. I also received the flu and RSV vaccines. Nonetheless, I wound up getting a rather disappointing “gift” on the third day of Hanukkah: a cold that, two days later, turned out to be COVID. There may no longer be a stigma attached to getting COVID, but the disease still disrupts your life. I had to can...

As many of my regular readers might have noticed, it's been a while since I've posted on my blog and there's a very good reason for it: I've unfortunately been under the weather since Dec. 10, when after coming down with a cold, I tested positive for COVID-19 despite getting all of the vaccines and boosters, including the latest one in October. And this fall, I also got the flu and RSV vaccines, but alas, it all was to no avail. As what inevitably happens with me, it wasn't a simple cold as I developed an atrocious cough, one that produced what were, at times, violent coughing fits that kept me up most nights for nearly two weeks. The good news is that I'm on the mend, with the cough finally dissipating, but it caused me to develop back pain that has stopped me from my daily jogging routine, though I've managed to get some steps in walking. If you haven't been vaccinated, please do so: Doctors told me things would have been much worse had I not been vacc...