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THE HOPKINS family accepts a contribution from Mark Palmer of Granite Telecommunications on March 29 at the June Rockwell Levy Arena in Burrillville. / COURTESY GRANITE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LLC

Granite gives $4,322 to scholarship fund

LINCOLN – Granite Telecommunications LLC has donated $4,322 to the Gary “Cooter” Hopkins Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund after employees participated in Jeans Days. The contribution...
CAROLINE PARADIS, right, president of Junior Achievement of Southern Massachusetts, presents the awards for first place last month in the Junior Achievement Titan Challenge competition to a team of Old Rochester Regional High School students, from left, Zach Bowen, Kiernan Besse and Jeremy Bare.  The team's business mentor was William Beauchene, left, of BankFive.

Junior Achievement awards scholarships

NEW BEDFORD – The first Junior Achievement Titan Challenge in financial literacy awarded scholarships to top winners at the end of March. Forty-eight student teams...

GTECH gives $86K<br> to United Way campaign

PROVIDENCE – GTECH Corp. contributed $86,641 to the United Way of Rhode Island as part of its launch of its annual “Live United” campaign. GTECH’s...
ADMISSIONS FOR TOURS of the Newport mansions, including The Breakers, whose dining room is pictured here, totaled 909,463 in fiscal year 2014, an increase of 2.5 percent over the previous year's 887,045, according to the Preservation Society of Newport County. / COURTESY PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF NEWPORT COUNTY

Mansion attendance improves for fifth consecutive year

NEWPORT – Visits to the mansions managed by the Preservation Society of Newport County increased by 2.5 percent during the nonprofit’s fiscal 2014 year...

Blood Centers of America merges with Minn. blood-center group

PROVIDENCE – Blood Centers of America Inc. announced Wednesday, April 2, that it has merged with Minneapolis-based GSABC Cooperative Corp., effective April 1. As one...
THE PROVIDENCE WARWICK convention & Visitors Bureau has launched a campaign called "Do-Over Day" to encourage buyers to patronize local businesses and restaurants that may have suffered low sales during the recent months of harsh winter weather. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE WARWICK CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU

PWCVB encourages buyers to ‘do over’ canceled winter outings

PROVIDENCE – Getting past the winter doldrums by encouraging “do-overs” on April 12 is the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau’s latest strategy for...
GO GETTER: Shandanea Hayden, a scholarship recipient from Warren, works with her second grade teacher, Mike Skazinski, at Barrington Christian Academy. / COURTESY ELSIE WRIGHT

Tax credit encourages donations to SGOs

Fla Lewis, the principal of Weybosset Research and Management in Providence, is donating about $22,000 a year for two years to one of five...

Roger Williams plans ‘Human Library’

BRISTOL – Roger Williams University will host a statewide “Human Library” in Rhode Island on March 30. Modeled on a traditional library, a human library...

United Way seeks shared-services applicants

PROVIDENCE – United Way of Rhode Island is seeking applicants for funding for its Merger and Shared Services Fund. UWRI has released a request for...

Hilario chairs AIDS Project fundraiser

WJAR-TV NBC 10 news anchor and reporter Mario Hilario is serving as chairman for the AIDS Project Rhode Island’s Dining Out for Life fundraiser. The...
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