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Pell Humanities Initiative honors Claiborne Pell’s commitment to the humanities

NEWPORT – A new Pell Humanities Initiative will showcase the contributions of humanities in society as a way to honor the late Sen. Claiborne...

RWU joins consortium

BRISTOL – Roger Williams University has joined New American Colleges and Universities, a small consortium of schools that integrate liberal education, professional studies and...
PROVIDENCE IS one of two cities selected by New York City-based EmcArts Inc. for a Community Innovation Lab, a project to help local communities address tough social challenges.

EmcArts selects Providence as pilot site for social challenge project

PROVIDENCE – EmcArts Inc. has selected Providence and Winston-Salem, N.C., as two pilot sites for Community Innovation Labs, a project supported by the Kresge...
BUILT ON SPEC: Tom McNulty, co-owner of E.A. McNulty Real Estate, in front of a spec house his company built in Lincoln. He said the property tax exemption is "a good thing for the economy, because there's a trickle-down effect." / PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

Tax delay expected to spur home building

A new law enacted in July that grants property tax exemptions on unoccupied new construction or renovations permitted after July 1 could help spur...

Can nonprofits survive?

Matthew Netto, state director of the nonprofit Best Buddies Rhode Island, has an unwieldy job description. To lead the charitable organization, part of a national...

Home & Hospice Care sees Family Night success

PROVIDENCE – Ticket sales topped 250 at Home & Hospice Care of Rhode Island’s annual Family Night at McCoy Stadium on July 29. The...

DiPrete raises $22K in MS ride

Employees and friends of DiPrete Engineering raised $22,793 by participating in the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s annual “Bike MS: Ride the Rhode” fundraiser. Held June...
NEWPORT ART MUSEUM Executive Director Norah Diedrich, left, gives honorees Robert and Heidi Manice a gift of artwork on behalf of the museum at A Beaux Arts Ball. The gift was a hand-blown glass sculpture from Anchor Bend Glassworks in Newport. The ball, a fundraiser, raised more than $195,000.

Art Museum raises $195K at gala

NEWPORT – More than 280 guests attended the Newport Art Museum’s annual summer gala, A Beaux Arts Ball, raising more than $195,000 for the...

Five Questions With: Marjory Gomez O’Toole

Marjory Gomez O’Toole has been managing director of the Little Compton Historical Society since 2006. Four years ago, she returned to Brown University, where...

Brown, Bryant, PC earn mentions in Princeton Review’s Best 380 college...

Brown University, Providence College and Bryant University each ranked in one or more top 20 listings in the Princeton Review’s Best 380 college rankings...
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