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INSIDE JOB: Archives and Ephemera Design specializes in work that combines photos, prints, paintings and vintage advertising that can add up to 250-350 pieces. Pictured above, from left, are: employees Cindy Bean, Andy Morris, Karen Cafaro and owner Rena Nathanson. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Bringing history to life

Framed artwork adorning the walls at Carmine's Restaurant in New York City represents the kind of work Archives and Ephemera Design specializes in:...
GOOD SERVICE: Village Haven restaurant owner Rachel C. Narodowy, standing, speaks with patrons, from left: Jack Polacek, Rebecca O'Bar and Mike O'Bar. / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Family food, values served up daily

Rachel C. Narodowy knows restaurant customers can be finicky, so she's built a family style eatery over the last 38 years that lures locals...
KAREN A. SANTILLI, president and CEO of Crossroads Rhode Island, said Crossroads is honored to step in to re-open the shelter. / COURTESY CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND

Crossroads R.I. to reopen former R.I. family shelter in Warwick

WARWICK – Crossroads Rhode Island and the former Rhode Island Family Shelter in Warwick have partnered to reopen the shuttered shelter, Mayor Scott Avedisian...
THE HYATT REGENCY NEWPORT has a clear view of the harbor and the Pell Bridge to Jamestown. Tourism experts said hotel occupancy rates in Newport increased in July.  / COURTESY JOHN BELLENIS

Hotel occupancy rates on the rise in Newport, Prov.-Warwick area

Hotel occupancy rates in the Newport and Providence-Warwick areas increased year to date in Newport, and year over year in July for Providence and...

Five Questions With: Stephanie Frazier Grimm

Stephanie Frazier Grimm founded the Confetti Foundation, a nonprofit that supplies birthday parties to hospitalized children, in January of 2014. She has also founded...

Job Lot gives $5K to Kids, Cops & Classrooms

PROVIDENCE –Ocean State Job Lot’s Charitable Foundation has donated $5,000 worth of backpacks and school supplies to the 2015 Kids, Cops & Classrooms program. The...
BETTY SADANIANTZ has been named dean of the St. Joseph School of Nursing. / COURTESY ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL OF NURSING

St. Joseph School of Nursing names new dean

NORTH PROVIDENCE – Betty Sadaniantz has been named dean of the St. Joseph School of Nursing. A full-time faculty member of the school since...
THE UNIVERSITY of Rhode Island this fall is launching an online program for its R.N. to B.S. in nursing degree.

URI launching online R.N. to B.S. in nursing degree program

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island this fall is launching an online program for its R.N. to B.S. in nursing degree. Offered through...
TRAINED HAND: Fred Santaniello, director of workforce development and programs at NEIT, with Teddy Small, a participant in the SAMI program, who later found a job. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Is there a missing link in state job training?

There are more than 300 state occupational-skills training programs in Rhode Island aimed at putting the unemployed back to work. Despite their number, however, those...
TAKING THE LEAD: Thaysha Mejina, center, speaks with Jennifer Rossi, left, program coordinator for the Environmental Justice League of Rhode Island, and Judith Russell, right, nurse at Nowell Leadership Academy, where Thaysha is a student. / PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

Health zones target child development

Rhode Island is paying more attention to the urban mother-child relationship and its effect on children's health and development from cradle to workforce through...
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