Patricia Daddona
Three artists win $25,000 R.I. Foundation grants
Rhode Island artists Anthony Giannini, Leslie Hirst and 2014 Academy Award nominee Daniel Sousa have been awarded $25,000 fellowships by the Rhode Island Foundation.
The...
Five Questions With: Lee Kathryn DeCosta
Lee Kathryn DeCosta joined the Rhode Island Golf Association as director of women’s golf and member services in early January. She is responsible for...
New York Life gives $10K to Ronald McDonald House
PROVIDENCE – Ronald McDonald House of Providence received a $10,000 Community Impact Grant from New York Life to support their Adopt a Room program...
Pawtucket Foundation offering training
PAWTUCKET – The Pawtucket Foundation and several partners will provide free counseling and training to small businesses in Pawtucket.
This month, the foundation entered a...
CVS takes part in Wear Red Day
WOONSOCKET – CVS Caremark Corp. is participating today in National Wear Red Day by encouraging all colleagues, including those at all 7,600 CVS/pharmacy locations...
RIMTA names Kirby<br> Boater of the Year
PROVIDENCE – In front of a packed crowd on the opening day of the Providence Boat Show on Jan. 31, the Rhode Island Marine...
Bryant dives deeper, creates School of Health Sciences
(Updated, Feb. 3, 10:42 a.m.)
SMITHFIELD – Bryant University President Ronald K. Machtley on Friday said the university will establish a School of Health Sciences...
RIMES study calls for enhancing manufacturing curricula
PROVIDENCE – Citing a projected increase of 2 percent in manufacturing jobs between 2010 and 2020, a new study by the Rhode Island Manufacturing...
R.I. H.S. grad rate up, but senior NECAP gains leave many...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s four-year high-school graduation rate improved to 80 percent for the class of 2013, the R.I. Department of Education reported Friday.
The...
Five Questions With: Wendy Nilsson
Wendy Nilsson, executive director of the Partnership for Providence Parks, has applied her extensive experience transforming urban schools into thriving communities in such places...













