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RICHARD CULATTA, the chief innovation officer for Rhode Island, is leaving his position next month. PBN FILE PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

5Q: Richard Culatta

Gov. Gina M. Raimondo says your role will focus on opening up government and using data to solve problems. How do you interpret transparency...
THE R.I. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND TRAINING said the unemployment rate was unchanged in February at 5.4 percent compared with January. However, the rate was 1 percentage point lower than it was in February 2015. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND TRAINING

DLT: Jobless rate 5.4% in February, unchanged from January

PROVIDENCE - After a prolonged, steady monthly decline, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate leveled off at 5.4 percent in February, unchanged from January, according...
THE MARINE Technology for Teachers and Students Project Teacher Leaders Alex Romano, Cumberland High School; Shannon Donovan, Scituate High School; and William Hurley, Melrose High School, Melrose, Mass., display their newly built remotely operated vehicle during a professional development session at the University of Connecticut, Avery Point. / COURTESY URI/INNER SPACE CENTER

URI Inner Space Center sponsoring marine technology, ocean sciences program for...

NARRAGANSETT – Twelve teachers from around the country are participating in a year-long program in marine technology and ocean sciences at the University of...
RHODE ISLAND has the greatest percentage of school districts nationwide participating in farm to school meal programs, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. / COURTESY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

USDA: R.I. has greatest percentage of school districts participating in farm-to-school...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released data showing Rhode Island has the greatest percentage of school districts nationwide participating in farm-to-school meal programs. “Rhode...
SOREN L. RYHERD, center, has launched the fourth online retail brand through Retail Project RI, the program he created that is funded by a Rhode Island Foundation Innovation Fellowship. Joining him at the project in this file photo are Lindsay Stickel, left, and Paige Snyder. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Innovation Fellow Ryherd opens fourth online retailer

PROVIDENCE – The Retail Project RI LLC, a project launched through the Innovation Fellowship program at the Rhode Island Foundation, has launched its fourth...
Keith Tavares is in his second year as president of the Newport Public Education Foundation and his fourth year as a trustee.

Five Questions With: Keith Tavares

Keith Tavares is in his second year as president of the Newport Public Education Foundation and his fourth year as a trustee. He is...
Kristine Christensen, left, and Pierson Booher, both employees of Durkee, Brown, Viveiros & Werenfels Architects of Providence, build the indoor seawall for the sculpture “Turning the Tides On Hunger” with their teammates. The event March 12 involved six teams and took place at the Providence Place Skybridge Concourse during Canstruction Build Day to collect canned food for the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK

Canstruction RI to benefit R.I. Community Food Bank

PROVIDENCE – Six Canstruction RI sculptures, created by teams of architects, engineers and contractors with nearly 30,000 pounds of canned food, are on exhibit...

Camp Yawgoog marking 100 years

HOPKINTON – Camp Yawgoog, a 1,800-acre Boy Scout camp, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, with a homecoming weekend planned for late July....
VIEW FROM POINT STREET: This is an architect's rendering of the $220 million South Street Landing project slated for completion in early 2018 in Providence. / COURTESY SPAGNOLO  GISNESS &  ASSOCIATES

Teamwork key to vision for South Street Landing

Agreement about design isn't a given as three architectural firms collaborate on the $220 million South Street Landing project slated for completion in early...
TRADITION: Family employees of the Bosworth Company in East Providence are, from left, Douglas Reilly, vice president; Nathan B. Reilly, CAD designer; and Kenneth Bosworth, president/founder. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Pumped for new growth

The Bosworth Co. designs and manufactures hand-cranked and motorized pumps used in everything from boating to the collecting of maple syrup, but it all...
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