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POLITICAL ACTION: Providence College students Sophia Georgeo and Hadrien Toure watch the final presidential debate. /

Debates help to extend the classroom

Providence College political science professor James Carlson told about 75 students who came to watch the final presidential debate and a panel discussion on...
"OIL AND GAS are expensive no matter where you live. One of the different challenges in Westerly versus Providence is, arguably, access to employment," said WARM Volunteer Coordinator Leah Eagan-Stoddard. /

Five Questions With: Leah Eagan-Stoddard

Westerly Area Rest Meals Inc. this month kicked off a new campaign for helping residents heat their homes this winter. The nonprofit’s volunteer coordinator,...

PPS hosts Northern Ireland officials

PROVIDENCE – The Providence Preservation Society this month hosted a group of Northern Ireland government officials seeking to learn from Providence’s urban revitalization, planning,...

Apartments planned in historic Cliftex Mill

NEW BEDFORD – The former Cliftex Mill, a 300,000-square-foot building that had been in danger of being knocked down a year ago, will undergo...
THE 83-YEAR-OLD former Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals building at 372 Fountain Street will house the Providence Revolving Fund's Preservation Resource Center. /

Revolving Fund’s preservation-center goal within reach

PROVIDENCE – A $100,000 grant from The 1772 Foundation has put the Providence Revolving Fund within $90,000 of its $815,000 goal for construction...
THE OWNERS and operators of Stone House in Little Compton announced last week they are offering exclusive estate memberships at the historic seaside hotel resort.  /

Goosewing to sell guest-suite memberships

LITTLE COMPTON – Goosewing Hotels & Resorts, the redevelopers of the Stone House hotel, this week announced that they will sell memberships to three...
ROOM TO GROW: Johnson & Wales University Vice President Christopher O. Placco hopes that the school can expand into land opened by the Interstate 195 – seen in the background – relocation. /

JWU has vision for campus expansions

The view from the Rolo Building, Johnson & Wales University’s recently opened student-services building, isn’t so charming right now. From the building’s new glass...
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Exodus may change state services

With the R.I. Economic Policy Council predicting that the amount of state employees retiring this year will be the largest percentage in at least...

$2M in fines issued for bridge weight violations

Citing a lack of resources, the Rhode Island State Police about three months ago revised its method of tractor-trailer enforcement for the ailing Pawtucket...
LEAN MANUFACTURING: Boothroyd Dewhurst owners John Gilligan, right, and Nick Dewhurst advise companies to reduce material costs to help avert outsourcing. /

Making it more cheaply, efficiently

During an online seminar he gave last week, Boothroyd Dewhurst Inc. President John Gilligan tackled a big question in the manufacturing world: Is it...
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