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TODD FLAHERTY is retiring from his position as president and CEO of the College Crusade of Rhode Island in June. / COURTESY COLLEGE CRUSADE

College Crusade president retiring, search underway for replacement

Nonprofit 01/05/2016

PROVIDENCE – Todd D. Flaherty, president and CEO of The College Crusade of Rhode Island, will retire in June, and the nonprofit has launched...

WITH IS DESIGNATION by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education as a doctoral research university, the University of Massachusetts joins Brown University and the University of Rhode Island as the only such institutions in the region.

UMass Dartmouth gains doctoral research university designation

Education 01/04/2016

DARTMOUTH – The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has been designated as a doctoral research university. UMass Dartmouth, which has about 9,000 students, received its designation...

THE RIGHT FIT: Deborah Schimberg, right, owner and head of Verve Inc., which makes Glee Gum and other confections, discusses product packaging with Molly Lederer, director of communications and marketing. / PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

Verve founder advocate for sustainability

Entrepreneurship 01/02/2016

Entrepreneurial by nature, Deborah Schimberg did not foresee while studying comparative literature in the late 1970s at Brown University that she would eventually found...

VNA of Care New England raises $50K at gala

Health Services 01/01/2016

WARWICK – The Visiting Nurse Association of Care New England raised nearly $50,000 at its “Evening of Fire & Ice” at the Roger Williams...

Man with ALS raises $29K on website

Nonprofit 01/01/2016

MIDDLETOWN – A man diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease three years ago raised more than $29,000 through the “gofundme” website as 2015 wound to...

Panera collects gifts for Children’s Friend

Nonprofit 01/01/2016

PROVIDENCE – A Panera Bread holiday gift drive collected gifts for 110 children in 47 families for Children’s Friend. Customers and employees collected the gifts...

BankRI collects 1,400 gifts for kids

Financial Services 01/01/2016

PROVIDENCE – Nearly 1,400 gifts made their way to underprivileged children in Rhode Island as a result of Bank Rhode Island’s “Holiday Giving Tree”...

Jane R. Peach is the co-director of the Northern Rhode Island Food Pantry in Cumberland.

Five Questions With: Jane R. Peach

In Their Own Words 01/01/2016

Jane R. Peach has been the co-director of the Northern Rhode Island Food Pantry in Cumberland since 2012. She has also served as treasurer....

SCOT A. Jones, CEO of Groov-Pin Corp., said he knows firsthand how effective lean government principles are; his company contributed $10,000 to a matching-grant challenge from the Rhode Island Foundation issued earlier this year to streamline state government and eliminate waste. / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Seven firms, R.I. Foundation give state $110K to support ‘Lean Government...

Capital Goods 12/31/2015

PROVIDENCE – Seven firms and the Rhode Island Foundation are giving the state $111,000 to streamline state government and eliminate waste. The companies contributed a...