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Salve’s Pell Center adds new fellows
NEWPORT – Salve Regina University’s Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy has added four faculty fellows and one adjunct fellow — with...
Conway Tours charter bus operations acquired by Academy Bus
HOBOKEN, N.J. – Regional bus services provider Academy Bus LLC has reached an agreement to take over charter bus operations of the Cumberland-based Conway...
Providence names teacher of the year
PROVIDENCE – Elementary school music teacher Wayne Kilcline was named Providence Public Schools Teacher of the Year at a surprise ceremony Tuesday morning, Providence...
R.I. receives $500K federal grant for Sandy cleanup
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Labor and Training has received a $500,000 grant from the federal government to support Hurricane Sandy-related cleanup efforts...
StepStone Hospitality acquires two Louisiana hotels
PROVIDENCE – StepStone Hospitality, a Providence-based hospitality management company, has acquired management of two hotels in Baton Rouge, La., the company announced Monday.
The move...
Government to auction offshore wind energy site
WASHINGTON – The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will conduct a competitive lease sale next month for commercial wind energy development on more...
Providence budget raises residential tax rate, freezes commercial rate
PROVIDENCE – The Providence City Council passed a $663 million budget for the 2014 fiscal year that will raise residential tax rates while freezing...
Canada-based Bitumar takes over operations at Hudson Cos.
PROVIDENCE – Liquid asphalt importer and provider Hudson Cos. announced Saturday that the Canada-based Bitumar Inc. has taken over most of the operations at...
Brown Center for Environmental Studies to introduce new leadership, curriculum
PROVIDENCE – Brown University’s Center for Environmental Studies will introduce new leadership and a revised curriculum next year, the university announced late last week.
Dov...
Restaurants earn top prizes at chowder cook-off
NEWPORT - A local restaurant and two out-of-state contenders took home top prizes Saturday at the 32nd annual Polar Seltzer Great Chowder Cook-Off at...
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