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Five Questions With: Lisa Menard-Manlove

In July, Hopkinton-based Wood River Health announced Dr. Lisa Menard-Manlove had been promoted from associate medical director to the organization's chief medical officer. Now in the C-suite, Menard-Manlove oversees the medical services and clinical...

Blue Cross earns top disability inclusive business honor

PROVIDENCE – For the fifth year in a row, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has been named one of the World’s Top Disability Inclusive Businesses for 2026,...

CVS to now fill pet medication prescriptions

WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp. has expanded its prescription services to cover common pet medicines at 9,000 of the chain's pharmacies.   Pet owners can...
CLEAN TEAM: Roger Williams Park Zoo has a new plan to prevent stormwater runoff from contaminating the park’s 100 acres of lakes. Contributors to the project included, from left, Molly Welsh of the Audubon Society of Rhode Island, Lou Perrotti, director of conservation programs for the zoo; and Brian Kuchar, Horsley Witten Group principal landscape architect who is leading the project.
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Horsley Witten completes plan to address stormwater runoff at RWP Zoo


Positioned along the border of Providence and Cranston sits the nation’s third-oldest zoo. Opened in 1872, the Roger Williams Park Zoo has undergone many expansion...
JOYFUL SURVIVAL: Kim T. Clark shows off some of the wares in her Rhody Craft gift shop in Providence, which she started as a pop-up in 2008 to support her children after she was treated for cancer and while going through a divorce. 
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Pop-up turned gift shop firmly standing on Hope

Perusing the bright and colorful shelves of Rhody Craft LLC, it would be hard to imagine the desperate circumstances that catalyzed the Providence-based gift...

Blue Cross, Greater Providence Chamber announce 2026 Worksite Health Awards

PROVIDENCE – Forty-eight companies across Rhode Island have been named recipients of Worksite Health Awards, an annual honor bestowed by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island...

Five Questions With: Dr. Heather A. Smith

In June, Dr. Heather A. Smith was elected to the board of trustees of the American Medical Association. An obstetrician-gynecologist at Women & Infants Hospital in Providence, Smith has been a...

Rhode Island Medical Imaging donates $5.5K to breast cancer foundation

WARWICK – Rhode Island Medical Imaging Inc.’s annual Pink Out partnership has raised $5,500 for the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation, a Lincoln-based nonprofit offering free programs, services and resources to those impacted by breast cancer. The Pink...

McKee holds signing ceremony celebrating approval of veterinarian telehealth

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island veterinarians can now visit with their furry patients virtually as Gov. Daniel J. McKee has approved legislation allowing veterinarians to provide care via telemedicine. The legislation was signed into law on June 25,...

4 Brown University Health hospitals receive American Health Association awards

PROVIDENCE – The American Heart Association has bestowed four Brown University Health hospitals with awards for their care of stroke and diabetes patients. Rhode Island Hospital, Newport Hospital, The Miriam Hospital and Saint Anne’s Hospital each...
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