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Five Questions With: Richard Grundy

Richard Grundy is the new CEO of AVTECH Software Inc., a Warren-based environmental solutions hardware and development company. Though he stepped into the leading role earlier this...

Progreso Latino rolls out new technology suite donated by IGT

CENTRAL FALLS – Youths and adult learners in Progreso Latino programming will soon have new technology at their fingertips courtesy of a donation from International Game Technology PLC. The...

URI-developed app to help people with developmental disabilities recognize, report abuse

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – People with disabilities are almost four times more likely to become victims of violence, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. A...
MAN OF NOTE: After a battle with cancer, Tom Lovett decided to follow his passion and turn his hobby of building and repairing amplifiers into a business. 
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Starting an amp business sounds sweet

Tom Lovett first began learning the ins and outs of amplifiers out of necessity – having picked up guitar playing at 11 years old,...
TASTE MASTER: Nectar de la Vida owner Maureen Botelho has more than 100 tanks of olive oil and balsamic vinegars that are of better quality than most products found in larger grocery stores. 
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This Warren store gushes oil, vinegars

While traveling in Europe, Maureen Botelho noted a stark contrast in quality between popular olive oils in the U.S. and those she found abroad. Though...

R.I. is ‘stuck in local… mini-battles’

Cranston Mayor Kenneth J. Hopkins got what he wanted after voicing his anger this month over the proposed name of a massive golfing complex...
SPEAKING OUT: Zainabou Thiam, center, a student at the MET School in Providence, speaks at a rally at Brown University on July 8 organized by the Black Lives Matter Rhode Island political action committee. The rally sought to end legacy admissions and support diversity and equity in universities. 
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Diversity advocates take aim at legacy admissions

For Viet Nguyen, a Brown University alumnus and founder of social impact organization EdMobilizer, the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ban on affirmative action presents...
WATER WORK: From rear to front, Roger Williams University senior civil engineering student Nathan Silveira, assistant professor Pamela Judge and senior environmental science student Lauren Northrup are assisting with soil erosion research at the RWU School of Engineering, Computing and Construction Management’s Richard L. Bready Applied Learning Laboratories on the Bristol campus. 
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Engineering building an RWU recruiting tool

When Luke Calabrese toured Roger Williams University as a prospective student, one of the engineering program’s draws didn’t yet exist. But it nevertheless made...

Bradford Soap acquired by Conn. private equity firm

WEST WARWICK – A Connecticut private equity firm has acquired beauty and personal care manufacturer Bradford Soap International Inc., the companies announced on Thursday. Gemspring...

Rhode Island rejoins multistate nurse licensure compact

PROVIDENCE – Following a six-year pause, Rhode Island has opted back into a shared licensure program that allows nurses to practice throughout most of...
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