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Audubon Society opens refuge

COVENTRY – The Audubon Society of Rhode Island recently opened a new interpretive educational trail at the Maxwell Mays Wildlife Refuge in Coventry, a...
TRACING BACK: Barbara Carroll took up genealogy in the 1980s after looking through a family bible from the mid-1880s. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL PERSSON

Retired teacher helps give Italian-Americans ‘voice’

Barbara R. Carroll has long known how hard the Italian immigrants in her own family worked when they first came to Rhode Island: Her...
JWU ANNOUNCED THE SALE OF the Johnson & Wales Inn to the Sarchi Group on Tuesday. / COURTESY JOHNSON & WALES INN

JWU sells Seekonk inn for $1.65M

PROVIDENCE — Johnson & Wales University has sold a Seekonk inn it owned and operated as an internship and training site for the past...
IN TUNE: Local elementary school children play along with the R.I. Philharmonic during one of six 2013 Education Concerts held during April. More than 10,000 students took part in the concert series. / COURTESY R.I. PHILHARMONIC/ RAY LARSON

Arts groups: Tax exemption is essential for survival

A dispute between the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra and Music School and the commission overseeing East Providence’s finances has inspired the submission of legislation...
LET IT FLY: Vivian Moreno of the Puerto Rican Cultural Festival and Parade of Rhode Island Inc. shows off the flags she’ll be displaying at the national Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL PERSSON

In search of support for NY display

When organizers of the local Puerto Rican Cultural Festival learned this year’s National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City would be dedicated...
SHIPPING OUT: The hull of the SSV Oliver Hazard Perry at the Senesco Marine shipyard. In mid-June the vessel will be towed to Newport, where it will be hauled from the water so the hull can be painted and the masts stepped. / COURTESY OHPRI/ROD SMITH

Oliver Hazard tall ship hits fundraising trail

It remains a year – and as much as $2.5 million in fundraising support – from being ready to set sail. But supporters say...
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