Patricia Daddona
After Sandy, most beach businesses staying afloat
Upended by more than $2.4 million in beach-related damages alone last October by Hurricane Sandy, affected Westerly businesses have found creative ways to reopen...
Five Questions With: Thomas Bertrand
Thomas Bertrand, the executive director of AIDS Project Rhode Island, chairs the Rhode Island HIV Prevention Coalition and is a member of the Rhode...
Embrace employee leads bay benefit
NEWPORT – On the day before the 37th annual Save The Bay Swim, Embrace Home Loans’ employee Kelly Kittel initiated a “jeans day” to...
BankRI hosting food drive
Bank Rhode Island is hosting a seven-week food drive in each of its 18 branches across Rhode Island to benefit local food pantries.
Begun...
Providence Center gets BJ’s grant
The Providence Center has received a $5,000 grant from the BJ’s Charitable Foundation, which will be used to support Home Base.
The program provides more...
Kids get bikes,<br> take part in camp
PROVIDENCE – Sixty children participated ride this summer in the Red Shed Bike Shop’s first Bike Camp.
Each participant received their own bicycle from...
Cox offers discount Internet services to R.I. students, families
CENTRAL FALLS – Parents and children signed up Wednesday at Central Falls High School for Connect2Compete, a program dedicated to bridging the digital divide...
Brown leader to take helm at Connecticut College
NEW LONDON, Conn. – Katherine Bergeron, dean of the college at Brown University, has been named the 11th president of Connecticut College.
Set to take...
Marketers’ goal to stay connected
A nighttime photograph of a tree festooned with lit, hand-carved pumpkins at the Roger Williams Park Zoo went viral after it was posted on...
Camp connects math to business planning
When 126 high school juniors and seniors in northern Rhode Island started a summer program to beef up their math skills on Aug. 13,...