Patricia Daddona
Steel Yard to train teens
The Steel Yard is holding its eight annual Camp Metalhead this month to train 10 teenagers in the industrial arts.
Hands-on training this year will...
PPL plans publishing expo
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Public Library’s first annual Rhode Island Independent Publishing Expo is set for Aug. 2 and 3 from noon to 6...
Santander donates $1K to Children’s Advocacy Center
FALL RIVER – Santander Bank N.A. has donated $1,000 to the Children’s Advocacy Center Bristol County through its Ideas for Good campaign.
In the campaign,...
Dunkin’ foundation gives<br> $20K grant to food bank
PROVIDENCE – A $20,000 grant from the Dunkin' Donuts & Baskin-Robbins Community Foundation awarded in late June will enable the Rhode Island Community Food...
R.I. jobless rate drops to 7.9% in June, labor force improves
(Updated, July 18, 8:53 a.m.)
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island unemployment rate has dropped to 7.9 percent in June, its lowest level since July of...
Taco/White foundation extends support of PPAC Broadway series
(Updated, July 17, 11:43 a.m.)
PROVIDENCE – Bringing Broadway to the Providence Performing Arts Center will continue through the 2016-17 season thanks to a new...
HousingWorks RI officially partners with RWU
BRISTOL – HousingWorks RI, a housing policy research group that has been collaborating with Roger Williams University since 2012, officially joined the university’s division...
Lardaro: R.I. economy makes progress, but still ‘precarious’
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Modest gains in economic momentum in May hold promise for Rhode Island this summer, University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro...
City putting property RIC wants to buy out to bid
PROVIDENCE – The Committee on City Property tentatively approved the sale of an 8.5-acre parcel to Rhode Island College for $250,000, but the property...
Five Questions With: Janice O’Donnell
Janice O’Donnell, executive director of Providence Children’s Museum since 1985, won the Rhode Island Foundation’s 2014 Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence Award for Leadership. O’Donnell...
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