
Rhode Island PBS Weekly 9/22/2021
Season 2 Episode 38 | 24m 59sVideo has Closed Captions
An interview with Governor Dan McKee and a profile of symphony conductor, Troy Quinn.
Rhode Island PBS Weekly sits down with Governor Dan McKee to discuss his COVID-19 response and his first political crisis in office. Then, Pamela Watts profiles Troy Quinn, a conductor for the Rhode Island Philharmonic’s Summer Pops. Finally, the continuing This Month in Rhode Island History series takes a look at the Scituate Reservoir, a project that forever changed the landscape of the state.
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Rhode Island PBS Weekly 9/22/2021
Season 2 Episode 38 | 24m 59sVideo has Closed Captions
Rhode Island PBS Weekly sits down with Governor Dan McKee to discuss his COVID-19 response and his first political crisis in office. Then, Pamela Watts profiles Troy Quinn, a conductor for the Rhode Island Philharmonic’s Summer Pops. Finally, the continuing This Month in Rhode Island History series takes a look at the Scituate Reservoir, a project that forever changed the landscape of the state.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship♪ ANNOUNCER: TONIGHT, IN LATE AUGUST MCKEE FACES FIRST CRISIS AS HIS CHIEF OF STAFF ANTHONY SILVA BECAME MIRED IN A CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING A DEVELOPMENT DEAL.
>> WAS THIS THE TOUGHEST WEEK FOR YOU POLITICAL?
>> EMOTIONALLY IT WAS DIFFICULT, BUT YOU CAN'T LET THAT GET IN THE WAY OF THE WORK WE ARE DOING.
♪ >> EVERYBODY LOVES CLASSICAL MUSIC, THEY JUST DON'T KNOW IT YET.
I GREW UP LISTENING TO FILM SCORES.
BARBRA STREISAND, FRANK SINATRA, THAT WAS A GATEWAY INTO BEETHOVEN AND MOZART.
I THOUGHT, THESE ARE THE REAL MASTERS.
♪ >> GOOD EVENING.
WELCOME TO RHODE ISLAND PBS WEEKLY.
MICHELLE: WE BEGIN TONIGHT BY GOING ONE ON ONE WITH GOVERNOR DAN MCKEE.
HE WAS NOT ELECTED TO RHODE ISLAND'S HIGHEST OFFICE, HE ASCENDED BY DEFAULT, SUCCEEDING GINA RAIMONDO WHO WAS APPOINTED SECRETARY OF COMMERCE.
CONTRIBUTING REPORTER BILL BARTHOLOMEW SAT DOWN WITH GOVERNOR MCKEE TO TALK ABOUT HIS FIRST SIX MONTHS IN OFFICE AND EXPLORE WHAT LIES AHEAD.
>> YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING OTHER THAN YOU CAN DO FOR YOURSELF.
EVERY DAY YOU MAKE SURE YOU DO THE RIGHT THINGS FOR PEOPLE.
>> -- BILL: SINCE BEING ELEVATED TO GOVERNOR, DAN MCKEE HAS TAKEN ON A VARIETY OF CHALLENGES THAT PREVIOUS GOVERNOR GINA RAIMONDO HAD BEEN IMMERSED IN, INCLUDING COVID-19.
HOWEVER, IN AUGUST, MICKEY FACED HIS FIRST CRISIS AS HIS CHIEF OF STAFF AND LONGTIME FRIEND ANTHONY SILVA BECAME MIRED IN A CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING A DEVELOPMENT DEAL.
SILVA WAS ACCUSED OF USING HIS INFLUENCE TO GET THE STATE TO ISSUE A WETLANDS ALTERATION PERMIT FOR A PROPERTY IN CUMBERLAND.
DESPITE OPPOSITION, SILVER PLANNED TO BUILD ON THE PROPERTY.
WAS THIS THE TOUGHEST WEEK FOR YOU POLITICALLY SO FAR?
IN THE FIRST ONE 50 DAYS AS GOVERNOR?
GOV.
MCKEE: EMOTIONALLY, IT WAS DIFFICULT.
CHIEF SILVA WAS CHIEF OF POLICE.
HE RAN OUR POLICE ACADEMY, OUR DMV.
WE HAVE HAD REMARKABLE SUCCESS TOGETHER.
AT THIS POINT, YES, BUT YOU CAN'T LET THAT GET IN THE WAY OF THE WORK WE ARE DOING.
BILL: THAT EMOTION PLAYED OUT IN PUBLIC WITH MCKEE INITIALLY DOWNPLAYING, BUT SOON AFTER ALTER AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
AS MEDIA PRESSURE GREW, MCKEE AGREED TO ACCEPT HIS RESIGNATION.
GOV.
MCKEE: WE HAD A CHANGE IN OUR CHIEF OF STAFF AND I THINK THAT WAS DONE PROFESSIONALLY.
I LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE PATIENTS IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE WE MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS.
I THINK CHIEF SILVA MADE THE RIGHT DECISION WITH ME TO SEPARATE OURSELVES BECAUSE OF ALL THE WORK WE HAVE TO DO.
WE CAN'T BE DISTRACTED.
BILL: THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS CITED SILVA FOR OPERATING AN UNREGISTERED CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.
GOV.
MCKEE: I WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND NOBODY IS EXEMPT, EVEN GOOD FRIENDS.
BILL: WHILE THE CASE HAS DISRUPTED, IN THE BIG PICTURE, MCKEE'S SIGNATURE ACCOMPLISHMENT IN HIS FIRST SIX MONTHS HAS BEEN THE ROLLOUT OF VACCINATIONS.
GOV.
MCKEE: WE ARE ONE OF THE FIFTH HIGHEST VACCINATED STATES IN THE COUNTRY, WE ARE A SMALL PERCENTAGE AWAY FROM 90% TARGET WE SET IN MAY, BUT WE ARE ALMOST THERE.
WE ARE OVER 84% 10 WE HAVE A PATH TO GET TO 90%.
BILL: MCKEE HAS PRESIDED OVER THE STATE AND A TIME IN WHICH COVID-19 NUMBERS WERE DECLINING TO SUCH AN EXTENT THE STATE'S AUXILIARY HOSPITALS WERE SHUT DOWN AND LARGE-SCALE EVENTS LIKE THE NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL TOOK PLACE.
OVER THE PAST MONTH, COVID-19 CASES HAVE BEEN ON THE RISE, PROMPTING MCKEE TO ISSUE A MASK MANDATE WITHIN THE STATE HOUSE AND SEVERAL OTHER POLICIES.
WITH RESPECT TO DELTA AND COVID IN GENERAL, YOU HAVE BEEN FORTHRIGHT IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS ON YOUR DECISION-MAKING PROCESS AND THE FACTS YOU ARE LOOKING AT WHEN IT COMES TO MASK MANDATES OR VACCINE MANDATES.
WHERE DOES THAT STAND TODAY?
DO YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY?
GOV.
MCKEE: THOSE NUMBERS ARE SHOWING THAT WE ARE MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS.
I WILL GIVE AN EXAMPLE, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT MASK PROTOCOL IN SCHOOLS, I BELIEVED THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS.
WE LET THEM DO IT.
EVEN THOUGH WE HAD PRESSURE TO GET THE MANDATE.
THAT MANDATE CAN ACTUALLY BE A NEGATIVE, WHEN YOU ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO DO THINGS IN A WAY YOU ARE DEMANDING BEHAVIOR.
WE LET THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT HANDLE THAT.
I THINK WE HAD TWO SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WERE UNDECIDED.
I HAVE ALWAYS SAID THE KIDS WOULD BE MASKED IF NEEDED, I SAY FOLLOW THE PROTOCOLS.
I DIDN'T SAY FOLLOW THE RULES, I SAID FOLLOW THE PROTOCOLS.
PEOPLE HAVE RESPONDED POSITIVELY AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT LEADERSHIP IS.
>> HAVE A GREAT DAY.
BILL: THE GOVERNOR WAS RELUCTANT TO INTRODUCE A STATEWIDE MASK MANDATE FOR K-12 SCHOOLS, EVENTUALLY INSTITUTING ONE AFTER PRESSURE FROM EDUCATORS AND THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS.
MCKEE ALSO SET A DEADLINE FOR ALL HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN THE STATE TO BE FULLY VACCINATED, SOMETHING THAT HAS SPARKED PROTESTS AND CLAIMS FROM SOME HEALTH-CARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT THE ALREADY UNDERSTAFFED INDUSTRY WOULD FACE EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT SHORTAGES.
HOWEVER, HE MAINTAINS THE MANDATE WILL STAY IN PLACE.
GOV.
MCKEE: I HAVE SAID, HEALTH CARE WORKERS KEEP PEOPLE HEALTHY.
THEY SHOULD BE AS HEALTHY AS THEY CAN.
BUT THAT IS A BYPRODUCT OF OUR HOSPITALS ASKING US TO STEP IN AFTER THEY HAVE SET THE STANDARD THEY WANT TO APPLY TO THEIR WORKFORCE.
THERE IS NO REASON ANYBODY NEEDS TO LOSE THEIR CERTIFICATIONS.
IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID ON THE MASKING IN SCHOOLS.
THIS IS GOING TO WORK, WE ARE GOING TO GET PEOPLE VACCINATED.
BILL: AMID HIGH TRANSMISSION, THE GOVERNOR BELIEVES IF NOT FOR HIS POLICIES, THE SITUATION WOULD BE WORSE.
GOV.
MCKEE: WE HAD THE HIGHEST DEATH RATE IN THE COUNTRY WHEN I BECAME GOVERNOR.
OVER THE LAST SIX WEEKS, DURING THE TIME I HAVE BEEN HERE, WE HAVE HAD VIRTUALLY THE LOWEST.
RHODE ISLAND HAS ONE OF THE LOWEST HOSPITALIZATION RATES IN THE COUNTRY.
PEOPLE SHOULD FEEL GOOD AND RHODE ISLAND THAT THEY RESPONDED IN A WAY TO KEEP US SAFE.
.
BILL: RHODE ISLAND'S COVID INFRASTRUCTURE, TESTING, FIELD HOSPITALS, BOOSTER SHOTS, HOW DOES EVERYTHING SHAPE UP AS COMPARED WITH EARLIER IN THE SUMMER WHERE SOME TESTING LINES WERE LONG?
ARE WE BACK IN A PLACE WHERE IT IS FULLY FUNCTIONAL AND CAN MAINTAIN HIGH LEVEL TESTING WE WERE EXPERIENCING ECHO GOV.
MCKEE: -- EXPENSING?
GOV.
MCKEE: WE KNOW MORE THEN WE KNEW A YEAR AGO.
WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A TESTING STRATEGY BEFORE I WAS GOVERNOR.
WE ESTABLISHED A VACCINATION STRATEGY.
WE HAD A VACCINATION STRATEGY I PUT IN PLACE THAT HAS ACCELERATED THAT.
THE NUTS AND BOLTS ARE IN PLACE ON TESTING, VACCINTION AND OTHER PROTOCOLS WE ARE APPLYING TO SCHOOLS.
WE HAVE DONE SOME THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN REMARKABLE IN TERMS OF GETTING PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE.
>> THOUGH HE HAS FACED REAL CHALLENGES, HE LOOKS FORWARD TO BETTER TIMES AHEAD.
WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN 10 YEARS?
>> ON THE GOLF COURSE.
[LAUGHTER] AFTER DOING ALL THE WORK TO KEEP RHODE ISLAND AN AGREED PLACE.
-- IN A GREAT PLACE.
PURSUE ISRAEL ACTION.
THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, THERE IS EXPECTED TO BE A HARD-FOUGHT DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.
TWO OTHER OFFICIALS HAVE ALREADY ANNOUNCED THEIR CANDIDACY.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND THE STATE TREASURER.
WITH RESPECT TO COVID-19, DESPITE GAINS IN VACCINE DISTRIBUTION, THE GOVERNOR FACES MORE CHALLENGES.
LAST WEEK, MCKEE EXTENDED THE STATE OF EMERGENCY UNTIL MID-OCTOBER.
HE ALSO EXTENDED THE REQUIREMENT FOR MASKS IN SCHOOLS.
LAST WEEK BROUGHT A LAWSUIT AS 16 FAMILIES SUE THE GOVERNOR OVER MASK MANDATES.
NEXT, FALL IS HERE BUT THE RHODE ISLAND PHILHARMONIC SUMMER POP SERIES PLAYS ON.
TAKING THE BATON HAS BEEN TROY QUINN.
HE IS A CONDUCTOR WITH A SURPRISING RESUME.
HE HAS DABBLED IN MOVIES, AND EVEN SAYING ON STAGE WITH THE ROLLING STONES.
MEET THE MUSIC MAN WITH RHODE ISLAND ROOTS.
♪ [APPLAUSE] >> THE FIRST TIME I HEARD THE RHODE ISLAND PHILHARMONIC I WAS 17 OR 18 YEARS OLD.
THAT WAS THE FIRST ORCHESTRA I EVER HEARD LIVE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS SUCH A VISCERAL FORCE.
I HAD ASPIRATIONS TO BE A CONDUCTOR FROM THAT MOMENT ON.
IT WOULD GREAT TO BECOME BACK AND CONDUCT.
>> THAT INSPIRATION HAS TAKEN THIS GRADUATE OF PROVIDENCE COLLEGE TO THE CONDUCTOR OF THE POPS.
IN THIS MAJOR ROLE REVERSAL, IT IS A DELICATE BALANCE OF BATON TO EARN THEIR RESPECT.
TROY: I AM NOT TELLING THEM WHAT TO DO.
CERTAINLY WE HAVE TO HAVE ONE OPINION, OTHERWISE WE WOULD HAVE DISSENTING OPINIONS ON THE TEMPO.
MY PHILOSOPHY HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO BE ENERGETIC AND LET THE MUSIC SPEAK THROUGH ME.
THE ONLY WAY I CAN DO THAT IS FOR OTHER FOLKS TO BE INSPIRED ENOUGH TO PLAY THEIR BEST.
THE CONDUCTOR DOES NOT MAKE A SOUND.
I AM LESS LIKE A TRAFFIC COP AND MORE LIKE A SPIRITUAL GURU, LEADING EVERYONE TO THE END RESULT.
♪ TROY: IT IS A PRIVILEGE FOR ME TO BE WITH THESE GREAT DECISIONS I LOOKED UP TO MY WHOLE CAREER.
THAT IS SPECIAL FOR ME.
PAMELA: EQUAL AND IRONIC.
QUINN'S PATH WAS ANYTHING BUT TYPICAL.
TROY: THE WELL-KEPT SECRET IS I DIDN'T READ MUSIC UNTIL I GOT TO COLLEGE.
LATE BY MOST STANDARDS.
I DID NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT THE NOTES WERE.
I LEARNED BY EAR.
I WAS SINGING, BUT DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO READ.
PAMELA: QUINN SAYS HE WAS ABLE TO TAP INTO OTHER TALENTS.
TROY: I HAD A LOT OF GROUND TO MAKE UP, BUT I WAS DETERMINED.
I KNEW I HAD THAT YEAR AND THE MIND AND THESE HUMBLE GIFTS.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO USE IT YET.
THAT IS WHERE THESE MENTORS DEVELOPED MY CAREER.
I HAD TO DRIVE TO DO IT BECAUSE FOR ME IT IS AS IMPORTANT AS THE AIR WE BREATHE.
PAMELA: AS A PC STUDENT, QUINN MAJORED IN VOCALS AND MINORED IN THEATER.
HE LEARNED TO PLAY PIANO ALONG THE WAY, EARNING A DOCTORATE IN CONDUCTING.
♪ PAMELA: ANOTHER UNUSUAL PIECE OF HIS QUEST, HE HAS A NUMBER OF STAGE AND SCREEN CREDITS.
THE POPS RENDITION OF HOLLYWOOD MOVIE THEMES.
IS IT TRUE YOU WERE THE STAND-IN FIRST CHILD ABOVE IN INDIANA JONES?
TROY: THAT IS TRUE.
THAT WAS MY FIVE MINUTES OF HOLLYWOOD FAME.
I HAD A CHANCE TO WORK WITH HARRISON FORD ON A MOTORCYCLE.
FOR WHATEVER REASON.
IT WAS SO INTENSE.
I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE DOING THIS SCENE, HARRISON RENTED TO CHARACTER.
HE WAS SO INTENSE I COULDN'T LOOK AT HIM BECAUSE HE WAS WHAT I TRY TO EPITOMIZE IN THE CONCERT HALL.
WHEN YOU ARE IN THE ZONE.
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT INTIMIDATING, BUT FUN.
PAMELA: ANOTHER FUND, YET SURREAL MOMENT, WAS PERFORMING ON TOUR WITH THE ROLLING STONES.
TROY: YOU GOT AN IDEA OF WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO BE A ROCK STAR WITH PEOPLE THROWING THINGS ON STAGE.
IT IS A DIFFERENT WORLD FROM RACHMANINOFF THAT I ALSO EMBRACE.
THAT'S THE GREAT THING ABOUT MUSIC.
I NEVER UNDERSTOOD A BAR OF MUSIC IN MY LIFE, BUT I SURE DID FEEL IT.
♪ PAMELA: THAT THEORY IS FEEDING A MOVEMENT TO HELP DRAW YOUNG AUDIENCES TO THE SYMPHONY BY BLENDING CLASSICAL WITH A COMMERCIAL POP SOUND.
TROY: WE HAVE THE COURAGE TO PUT OUT THESE HYBRID PROGRAMS.
CERTAINLY IN MY OTHER ORCHESTRAS , ONE OF THE INITIATIVES IS TO TRY TO REACH AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
IF THAT IS THROUGH JOHN WILLIAMS, GREAT.
IF THAT IS THROUGH DANNY ELFMAN, LADY GAGA, MAY SOMETHING MORE CLASSICAL, IT IS EXPOSURE TO MUSIC.
EVERYONE LOVES CLASSICAL MUSIC, THEY JUST DON'T KNOW IT YET.
THAT WAS THE CASE FOR MYSELF.
I GREW UP LISTENING TO POPULAR MUSIC OF THE DAY, FRANK SINATRA, ALL OF THESE FOLKS.
AND THEN THAT WAS A GATEWAY INTO BEETHOVEN AND MOZART.
PAMELA: QUINN ADMITS HE GETS PUSHED BACK CLASSICAL MUSIC PURISTS WHO PREFER A TRADITIONAL PROGRAM.
TROY: ALL THE TIME, BUT IT IS THE MINORITY.
MY PROGRAMMING IS FAIRLY CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE WE ARE BLENDING MULTIPLE GENRES AND WE ARE NOW TRYING TO REACH THE MOST AMOUNT OF FOLKS WE CAN.
THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR DECADES.
♪ PAMELA: BERNSTEIN -- TROY: BERNSTEIN DID THIS AND WOULD BREAK DOWN THE CORDS OF THE BEATLES TUNE AND RELATED TO STRAVINSKY.
THE WAY WE A PROTEST CHANGED, NOT THE CONCEPT.
WE ARE STILL TRYING TO REACH PEOPLE, NOW WE ARE DOING IT THROUGH THE MUSIC OF THE DAY.
♪ PAMELA: AT THE END OF THE DAY, QUINN WELCOMES OPPORTUNITIES TO PERFORM ON TV SHOWS.
HE HAS APPEARED ON THE VOICE, GLEE, AND RECORDED WITH JENNIFER HAS -- JENNIFER HUDSON.
CURRENTLY, HE LEADS THE SYMPHONY IN KENTUCKY AND THE VENICE SYMPHONY IN FLORIDA.
TROY: THAT IS MY DRUG.
I DO NOT HAVE MANY VICES, BUT THAT IS WHAT KEEPS ME COMING BACK TO MUSIC.
PAMELA: YOU CAN ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT SOMETIMES.
[LAUGHTER] PAMELA: YOU CAN SEE TROY QUINN CONDUCT AT ROGER WILLIAMS PARK ON RHODE ISLAND PBS.
TUNE IN SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 AT 10:00 P.M. FOR A CONCERT WITH THE RHODE ISLAND PHILHARMONIC.
TONIGHT, THE SCITUATE RESERVOIR IS THE LARGEST BODY OF FRESHWATER IN RHODE ISLAND, SUPPLYING DRINKING WATER TO 60% OF THE STATE'S POPULATION.
IN OUR CONTINUING SERIES, C. MORGAN GREFE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY EXPLAINS HOW AND WHY IT WAS DEVELOPED AND WHAT HAD TO BE SACRIFICED TO CREATE THIS RESOURCE.
>> SEPTEMBER 30, 1926, MAYOR JOSEPH GAYNOR SPOKE AT THE OPENING CEREMONIES OF THE TREATMENT PLAN FOR THE SCITUATE RESERVOIR.
HE CALLED IT THE GREATEST PROJECT THE CITY HAD UNDERTAKEN.
WHAT HE MEANT IS THAT NOW TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER TO DRINK.
♪ >> PROVIDENCE UNDERTAKES ITS FIRST PUBLIC WATER PROJECT IN THE LATER PART OF THE 19TH CENTURY.
SO ACTUALLY, 1869, THEY BEGIN PIPING IN WATER FROM CRANSTON.
THE PROVIDENCE IS GROWING QUICKLY, AS ARE TOWNS LIKE PAWTUCKET.
THE SURROUNDING AREA NEEDS MORE WATER EVERY YEAR.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS JUST A FEW YEARS OF DROUGHT MEANT PEOPLE COULD TURN THEIR TAPS ON IN PROVIDENCE AND NO WATER WOULD COME OUT.
IT WAS CLEAR BY 1900, WHEN PROVIDENCE IS AN INDUSTRIAL POWERHOUSE, ITS WATER SUPPLY IS NOT KEEPING UP.
IN 1915, THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL APPOINTS A WATER SUPPLY BOARD THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO CREATE LEGISLATION THAT ALLOWS PROVIDENCE TO OBTAIN LAND AND OTHER PARTS OF RHODE ISLAND BY EMINENT DOMAIN.
THEY IDENTIFY THE TOWN OF SCITUATE AS THE PRIME AREA THEY NEED TO TAKE TO CREATE THE SIZE RESERVOIR THEY NEED.
♪ >> THIS IS ALSO A PERIOD WHERE WE ARE GROWING IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF TERMS AND ILLNESS.
AS ACCESS WAS CREATED TO PLUMBING WITHIN HOMES, YOU HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOILETS.
GONE WERE THE DAYS OF OUTHOUSES, WHICH HAD THEIR OWN PROBLEMS.
NOW, YOU HAVE A LOT OF WASTEWATER GOING INTO THOSE SAME RIVERS THAT OTHER TOWNS ARE GOING TO BE USING.
YOU START HAVING OUTBREAKS OF TYPHOID AND CHOLERA.
THERE IS A REAL PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS GOING ON IN PROVIDENCE AND ACROSS AMERICA.
THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR BUSINESS, THIS IS ABOUT SAFETY.
WE KNOW TODAY THAT ACCESS TO CLEAN DRINKING WATER IS ONE OF THE LARGEST DETERMINANTS IN LIFESPAN.
THIS WAS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR REFORMERS, ADVOCATES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND ADVOCATES FOR CLEAN AND SAFE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER AND SAY THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR STATE.
♪ >> THE RESERVOIR CAME AT A HIGH COST.
NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF CASH, COMING IN AT $21 MILLION, BUT IT FOREVER CHANGED THE FACE OF RHODE ISLAND.
WIPING OFF THE MAP UP TO FIVE VILLAGES AND CHANGING ONE TOWN, SCITUATE, FOREVER.
PAMELA: OUR THANKS TO C. MORGAN GREFE AND THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
MICHELLE: WE WILL BE BACK NEXT WEEK WITH ANOTHER EDITION OF RHODE ISLAND PBS WEEKLY.
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Clip: S2 Ep38 | 7m 50s | Governor Dan McKee reflects on his first six months, from COVID-19 to a political crisis. (7m 50s)
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Clip: S2 Ep38 | 8m 31s | Meet the Music Man: Summer Pops Conductor Troy Quinn--a PC grad with Hollywood style. (8m 31s)
This Month in Rhode Island History: Scituate Reservoir
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Clip: S2 Ep38 | 3m 45s | An in-depth look at the history of the Scituate Reservoir. (3m 45s)
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