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PawSox initiative nets $75K for food bank
PROVIDENCE – The Pawtucket Red Sox posted a winning season for the third consecutive year in a row, and turned in a $75,000 contribution...
Farm Fresh hits $100K in SNAP support
Farm Fresh Rhode Island distributed its 100,000th dollar to food stamp recipients to support the purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables at farmers markets...
Santaniello to get AARP<br> community-service award
PROVIDENCE – Norma Santaniello of North Providence will receive the 2013 AARP Rhode Island Andrus Award for Community Service next month – the association’s...
Center furthering food, medical innovation to launch in Jan.
PROVIDENCE – A nonprofit dubbed the Food Innovation Nexus that has seven-figure funding from Johnson & Wales University is in its start-up phase and...
GreaterRI site to be ‘front door’ to R.I. economic development
PROVIDENCE – Marketing Rhode Island’s strengths and demographics in the Northeast just became easier and more focused, with the launch of a new website...
Lardaro: Momentum continues to build in R.I. economy, despite labor-market woes
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Economic activity for the month of September reflected sustained, if not entirely consistent, positive momentum in the state’s economy, according to...
RWU clinic advising on economic development
Eager to incorporate his after-school program for Providence teens, STEAM Box, as a nonprofit, Roberto Gonzalez has discovered that getting legal advice through a...
New science standards may help narrow skills gap
Educators from the R.I. Department of Education recently completed a “road show” on what next-generation science standards will look like in the classroom when...
Disease study gets $15M boost
Rhode Island health and science leaders are heralding a new neuroscience research institute at the University of Rhode Island as a way to further...
Five Questions With: C. Morgan Grefe
C. Morgan Grefe is the executive director of the Rhode Island Historical Society. She has been at the society for 7½ years. Much...
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