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Five Questions With: Don Keel

Don Keel, president and CEO of The Genesis Center, an educational institution in Providence, has more than 30 years experience working with non-profit institutions. At...

Substance-abuse council gets $75K

PROVIDENCE – The Mayor’s Substance Abuse Prevention Council, a program within Providence Mayor Angel Taveras’ Healthy Communities Office, has received a $75,000 Drug Free...

TD foundation gives Pawtucket Foundation grant

PAWTUCKET – The TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, recently donated a total of $2,500 to The Pawtucket Foundation as...

PPL, others get leadership grant

PROVIDENCE – Providence Public Library, in partnership with Cranston Public Library and other statewide partners, has received a $498,172 Institute of Museum and Library...

10-year-old gets bedroom makeover

WARWICK – A 10-year-old Providence resident has received the finishing touches to his bedroom makeover wish granted by Children’s Wishes on Sept. 26. Friends, family,...
RESPONDING TO A PROPOSAL unanimously approved by the Smithfield Town Council on Tuesday requiring Bryant University to pay $300,000 a year for the town's emergency services, Bryant issued a statement Thursday expressing "dismay" at the council's refusal to hire a consultant to determine the cost of the services. / COURTESY BRYANT UNVIERSITY

Bryant renews call for consultant on services compensation issue

SMITHFIELD – Bryant University called on town councilors Thursday to reconsider their decision not to hire a consultant to hammer out actual costs for...
BRYANT UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT Ronald K. Machtley contested legislation signed into law in July requiring that Bryant and the town of Smithfield reach an agreement on reinbursement for emergency services. Tuesday, the Smithfield Town Council approved a proposal that would require Bryant to pay $300,000 a year for the services. / COURTESY ROCKARHO MEDIA GROUP INC./VICTORIA AROCHO

Smithfield approves proposal to charge Bryant for town services

SMITHFIELD – Town councilors approved an agreement Tuesday that would require Bryant University to pay $300,000 a year for 20 years to offset the...
GOING MOBILE: Hunter Insurance President Brian Hunter, white shirt, speaks with customer and CertaPro Painters owner Mark Bulpitt. Hunter is hoping that Rhode Island allows policyholders to access auto-insurance information through mobile devices. / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Digital IDs right for R.I.?

Hunter Insurance President Brian Hunter stays on top of issues in his field, and one that the Cumberland-based agent has paid attention to lately...
STATELY AFFAIR: Duke Marcoccio, right, owner of Cranston-based My Little Town, gives a replica of the original Rhode Island Statehouse to Eastern States Exposition President and CEO Eugene Cassidy. / COURTESY MY LITTLE TOWN

Rhody vendors at home at Big E

With only 11 vendor booths available in the Rhode Island Building at the Big E in West Springfield, Mass., it took one store owner...
FOLLOW THE LEAD: Bob Burke, founder of the Independence Trail in Providence, is launching a $50,000 fundraising campaign for new bronze emblems that he hopes to complete by the end of the year. / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Bronze markers sought for Independence Trail

Rhode Island’s Independence Trail has all the makings of a major historic attraction, but there’s one thing it hasn’t got: an aura of permanence. Like...
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