Emily Gowdey-Backus
5Q: Megan N. Clingham
1 You've said the state's current system for mental health care is not sustainable. Why is that?
The state has no clear vision regarding a...
Bryant completes athletic center that collapsed in September, named for board...
SMITHFIELD – Bryant University is dedicating its newly completed athletic center Saturday, named after Sue and William J. Conaty ’67 in recognition of the...
Five Questions With: Jean Lamb
Jean Lamb, executive director of the Smith Hill Community Development Corp., has helped serve the neighborhood by providing quality, affordable housing options to Rhode...
Slater Mill to host Grande Fete by the River fundraiser
PAWTUCKET – Grande Fete by the River, an event to benefit Slater Mill’s Educational Scholarship Program, which raises revenue in support of free and...
Poll: R.I. gets Bs and Cs for education, half say state...
SMITHFIELD – Rhode Islanders gave the state’s public school system a collective C in the latest Hassenfeld Institute for Public Leadership poll. At the...
Sánchez named new president of RIC
PROVIDENCE – Frank D. Sánchez was named Rhode Island College’s 10th president by the Council on Postsecondary Education at a meeting Wednesday, concluding a...
West Broadway Middle’s Black named Outstanding First-Year principal
PROVIDENCE – William Black, principal of West Broadway Middle School, has been named the 2016 Outstanding First-Year Principal by the Rhode Island Association of...
R.I. Foundation honors nonprofits with Best Practice awards
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation awarded its 2016 Best Practice awards to GrowSmartRI, House of Hope Community Development Corp., Newport County Community Mental...
Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence elects new board members, names...
PROVIDENCE – During the organization’s 148th annual meeting, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence, the oldest continually operating club in the nation, named...
Five Questions With: Zachary Librizzi
Zachary Librizzi, a 17-year-old senior from Warwick who attends Saint Raphael Academy, is one of tens of thousands of children diagnosed with Type 1...