Patricia Daddona
State grants $1.2M to schools for energy efficiency, renewables
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Office of Energy Resources has awarded $1.16 million in grants for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects to local public...
Study: Stronger R.I. construction industry could help bring unemployment down to...
EAST PROVIDENCE – The struggling Rhode Island construction industry could help reduce the state’s high unemployment rate by 1.4 percentage points if allowed to...
A recipe for food-industry growth?
A growing belief Rhode Island can become the “Silicon Valley of food” is fueling new collaborations and community discussions that have the potential to...
Five Questions With: Erica Luke
Erica Luke became executive director of the Pettaquamscutt Historical Society in South Kingstown which encourages the study and appreciation of southern Rhode Island’s history,...
UPS helps out House of Hope
WARWICK – Volunteers from UPS recently helped organize a room used to support an employment program to benefit House of Hope Community Development Corp.
House...
Cox employees volunteer at school
PROVIDENCE – Forty-two Cox Communications employees recently volunteered to teach elementary school students about entrepreneurship and financial literacy at George J. West Elementary School....
Omni, partners benefit American Lung Association
PROVIDENCE – The Omni Hotel Providence and several other sponsors recently helped the American Lung Association to raise a record-breaking $191,000 this year in...
Shephard new RIF<br> grant programs officer
PROVIDENCE – Toby Shepherd will join the Rhode Island Foundation as a grant programs officer effective May 5.
Sheperd replaces Denise Jenkins, who is now...
Salve Regina to offer new doctoral nursing program
NEWPORT – Salve Regina University is launching a new graduate program in nursing with a family’s $1 million gift, the university announced Thursday.
The new...
R.I. jobless rate drops to 8.7% in March, lowest since 2008
PROVIDENCE – The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Rhode Island dropped to 8.7 percent in March, according to statistics released Thursday by the R.I....
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