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Re/Max raises $5K<br> for Hasbro Children’s

Re/Max in Rhode Island raised $5,000 for Hasbro Children’s Hospital and the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals at the 27th annual Re/Max Open Golf Tournament...
RHODE ISLAND'S K-12 education efforts received an overall D+ grade in Education Week's annual Quality Counts report, released Thursday. / COURTESY EDUCATION WEEK

Rhode Island spends more but has mixed results on K-12 achievement,...

PROVIDENCE – Public education in Rhode Island is strongest in school spending and standards that ensure accountability, but weakest in K-12 student achievement, according...
DEMONSTRATIONS OF CONTEMPORARY COMMERCIAL FISHING activities form the basis of New Bedford's Working Waterfront Festival. Captain Lou Lagace displays some of his product in front of his boat, the Mariette. / COURTESY DAN ORCHARD

2014 Festival gets funding to focus on fishing families

NEW BEDFORD – The 2014 Working Waterfront Festival set for Sept. 27 and 28 has been awarded a $45,000 grant from the National Endowment...
SHARING THE BILLIARDS ROOM at The Breakers with a bust of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt are the donors who helped the Preservation Society of Newport County purchase the sculpture and another bust of his grandson for permanent display at the mansion. From left, Eugene B. Roberts Jr., Nicholas and Shelly Schorsch, Elizabeth and William Kahane, and Preservation Society  Board Chairman Donald O. Ross. / COURTESY PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF NEWPORT COUNTY

Preservation Society acquires Vanderbilt busts for Breakers

NEWPORT – Marble busts from the Vanderbilt family, which built The Breakers, the grandest summer cottage in the City by the Sea, have become...
FROM LEFT: Providence third-graders Natalia Bianchi and Keila Quinones hand thank-you cards to Letitia and John Carter and Rhode Island Foundation CEO Neil Steinberg after a press conference announcing the inaugural round of Spark Grants on Dec. 19. / COURTESY R.I. FOUNDATION

Grants spark creativity in R.I. classrooms

Veazie Street Elementary School third graders Keila Quinones and Natalia Bianchi say they’ll use measuring and fractions to build a marimba with their class,...

NLRB issues complaint against Renaissance hotel owners

PROVIDENCE – The National Labor Relations Board has issued a complaint against the owners of the Renaissance Providence Hotel based on unfair labor practice...

Schwartz Center, N.B. Ballet offer program

DARTMOUTH – The Schwartz Center for Children and New Bedford Ballet are offering “Partners in Dance,” a program for children with developmental challenges, from...

Herreshoff earns a $50,000 matching grant

BRISTOL – The Herreshoff Marine Museum has met the challenge issued by an anonymous donor and earned a $50,000 matching grant, according to the...

Mechanics raises $2,700<br> for food pantries

TAUNTON – Mechanics Cooperative Bank employees raised more than $2,700 for local food pantries this holiday season. Bank employees created the “Employee Dress-down Week,” which...
THE FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT of the Rhode Island Black Business Association, Lisa Ranglin, still sees disparities in lending into the minority business community. She continues to engage legislators in changing that situation. / COURTESY LISA RANGLIN

Five Questions With: Lisa A. Ranglin

Lisa Ranglin, a vice president at Bank of America, is founder and president of the Providence-based Rhode Island Black Business Association. The association is...
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