Lauren Aratani
Delivering on fresh linen
After working in criminal justice, Maureen Pagliaro was looking for something different to work on. Inspiration came during her vacations in North Carolina when...
Getting invested in recruiting
Tired of the culture at their corporate staffing agency, recruiting veterans Tyler Wentworth and Erin Pavane wanted to carve their own path in the...
Five Questions With Jim Vincent
Jim Vincent | President, NAACP Providence Branch
1. What is on top of the NAACP Providence Branch agenda? Gentrification in Providence is on the rise,...
E.P. jeweler rooted in family
Walk into M.R.T. Jewelers on a weekday morning and you might see owner Joe Audette in the store’s large showroom, starting his day among...
Providence’s Chinatown exhibit documents history of city’s Chinese population
PROVIDENCE – In the 1950s, Lilian Chin Godin grew up in a now-nonexistent, three-story mill building at 6 Warner’s Lane in downtown Providence, right...
Local colleges, universities announce commencement speakers
PROVIDENCE - With graduation season just around the corner, college and universities have revealed who will be delivering the commencement speech at their ceremonies....
Brown, URI students named 2018 Truman Scholars
PROVIDENCE – Dorothy Jiang from Brown University and Andrew Boardman from the University of Rhode Island have been named among 59 2018 Truman Scholars,...
UMass Dartmouth professors win $25K technology development award
DARTMOUTH - Two University of Massachusetts Dartmouth professors have received a $25,000 award to further their research on using crowdsourced data for road surface...
SouthCoast Chamber of Commerce announces 2018 Apex Business of the Year...
NEW BEDFORD – Twenty-two businesses have been chosen as nominees for Apex Business of the Year Awards by the SouthCoast Chamber of Commerce. From...
Commerce RI accepting applications for third round of Wavemaker Fellowship program
PROVIDENCE - The state's Wavemaker Fellowship program that provides recent graduates working in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields with student loan reimbursement is...