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"Putting in the extra effort to make each moment and experience as special as possible will create those lasting memories. "

Five Questions With: Dana Hrabcsak

Dana Hrabcsak has been executive director of the Children’s Wish Group of Rhode Island since April 2009. Since July 2008, she has also worked...

Kent County reading groups raise $2,800

COVENTRY – Literacy Volunteers of Kent County Inc. and the Coventry Library Foundation jointly raised $2,800 at a Sept. 20 fundraiser, Red vs. White:...

Cub Scouts begins Trail’s End sales

EAST PROVIDENCE – Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts from across Southeastern New England have begun their annual door-to-door Trail’s End popcorn sales in neighborhoods...

Arts council names Faria grants manager

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. State Council on the Arts has appointed Lauren Faria as grants manager and the new director of its Grants to...
KAREN MITCHELL, left, chairwoman of the Jason P. Mendes Fund Committee, along with Mary Hodgson, right, CEO of the Schwartz Center for Children, accept a $6,045 check from Jeff, Jeanne, and Kristen Mendes.

Mendes Fund gives $6,000 to Schwartz

DARTMOUTH – Jeff and Jeanne Mendes, parents of the late Jason P. Mendes, along with Jason’s widow, Kristen Mendes, this week presented a $6,045...

Pell Center cybersecurity forum teaches companies to be aware

NEWPORT – Nearly 40 corporate leaders attended a cybersecurity table-top exercise Wednesday to kick off The Rhode Island Corporate Cybersecurity Initiative at the Salve...
THE SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND Defense Industry Alliance outlined plans to develop a maritime Cybersecurity Center of Excellence in a report released Tuesday. According to Molly Donohue Magee, SENEDIA's executive director, the center would build on Rhode Island's strengths, including its academic institutions.

New report highlights call for maritime cybersecurity center

(Updated, 1:57 p.m.) MIDDLETOWN - The Southeastern New England Defense Industry Alliance plans to develop a Maritime Cybersecurity Center of Excellence to better protect Rhode...
DIGITAL BUILDING: Gilbane Construction Co. foreman Don Welshman, left, and superintendent Adam Bernier use a tablet device on a work site. Gilbane is among the firms utilizing new software. / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Technology is speeding up site work

Evan Staples has only been a project engineer at New England Construction in East Providence for about a year, but training in the field...
MORE THAN WORDS: Emily S. Harrington, right, president and CEO of Qualified Resources International, has worked to carry on the entrepreneurial spirit instilled in her by her late father. / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Entrepreneurial success followed father’s advice

A father’s dying words propelled Emily S. Harrington toward becoming the entrepreneur she’d always wanted to be. Harrington, 58, the president and CEO of Cranston-based...

RWU connecting students with community needs

Literacy Volunteers of Washington County is a small nonprofit in Westerly with two big problems: lack of brand identity and a website with limited...
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