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RIC establishes beekeeping program
PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island College has made plans to establish a beekeeping program to continue promoting sustainable living and protection of the environment.
The...
Capital Good Fund receives $81K development grant
PROVIDENCE – Capital Good Fund, a Providence-based nonprofit financial services organization, will receive an $81,273 Community Development Financial Institutions Technical Assistance grant.
The grant, announced...
Bryant launches curricular innovation program
(Updated, Aug. 2, 9 a.m.)
SMITHFIELD - Bryant University will launch its First-Year Gateway curricular innovation program this fall, the school announced Tuesday.
A requirement...
Providence-based Glee Gum named world’s only fair-trade gum
PROVIDENCE – In 2011, consumers around the world spent $6.6 billion on Fairtrade certified products, a 12 percent increase over the pervious year, according...
R.I. foreclosure rate drops slightly in June
PROVIDENCE – The foreclosure rate in Rhode Island dropped 0.5 percentage points in June compared to the same period in 2011, CoreLogic said Tuesday....
QDC searches for terminal operator to expand port business
NORTH KINGSTOWN - The Quonset Development Corporation issued a public Request for Proposals this week as they search for a qualified company to...
PPAC ranks 23 out of top 100 theater venues
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Performing Arts Center ranked 23 out of 100 in entertainment industry trade Pollstar Magazine’s 2012 mid-year rankings of the top...
Mollis urges nonprofits to use online filing tool
PROVIDENCE - Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis is reminding Rhode Island's more than 7,900 nonprofit corporations that they can beat the state’s July...
RIRRC breaks ground on sewer project
JOHNSTON - The owner and operator of the state’s Central Landfill and recycling services, Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation broke ground Wednesday on a...