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Executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Rhode Island-Greater Providence talks about the organization’s need for sustainable revenue sources.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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Bike Newport Night, prom dress drive, Providence Public Library gala and more.
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By PBN Staff
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Meeting Street, a nonprofit that works to support educational and developmental needs of some 3,000 children and their families each year, recently received eight works of original art from the Art Connection-RI, which takes donated art and matches it with a Rhode Island nonprofit organization for permanent installation.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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The Providence Children’s Museum’s annual gala will honor four community leaders for their efforts in creating community well being through fun and learning on April 25 at the Providence Public Library.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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Private tours of the Rhode Island School of Design Museum and Brown University’s Ladd Observatory, a private meeting with Providence Mayor Angel Taveras and a baking lesson from Seven Stars Bakery owner Jim Williams are just a few of the items included in the Providence Community Library’s second annual fundraiser and “living books” raffle taking place March 22.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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BankNewport recently presented a $1,200 donation to the Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island organization, which will put the money toward the ongoing construction of Rhode Island’s official sailing education vessel, the SSV Oliver Hazard Perry.
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By Lindsay Lorenz |
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Doras International Institute of Rhode Island has launched a national search for a new CEO after the resignation of current CEO Carol Friday.
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By PBN Staff
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To raise awareness of the hazards caused by drunk drivers and distracted drivers, the Katie DeCubellis Memorial Foundation has launched a campaign that it hopes will help to keep the roads safe.
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3/18/13
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The Rhode Island Blood Center’s 2012-2013 Seasons’ Pass print was recently unveiled at a press conference, where supporters got their first look at East Greenwich artist Cindy Baron’s painting of waves crashing onto a rocky shoreline.
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3/18/13
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David M. Gilden made his connection with Providence as a Brown University student, then went to Boston to earn his law degree. But Rhode Island had gotten a hold on this Connecticut native. He recalled it as “a bit of an experiment” when he took a chance on the Ocean State as the place where he would settle.
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By Rhonda Miller |