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Vargas wins Metta Students Award

PROVIDENCE – Matthew Vargas has won the 25th Metta Students Award, which carries a $1,000 prize. Vargas helped feed families, build wheels for fresh water,...

Bank Rhode Island VP gets community award

WOONSOCKET – Nancy Dufresne, vice president and small-business relationship manager for Providence-based Bank Rhode Island, has received the Catherine Boisvert Walsh Outstanding Community Leader...

LGC+D raises funds through Bucks for the Buzz

PROVIDENCE – Certified public accountants at LGC+D raised $4,221 in their Bucks for the Buzz fundraiser. LGC+D’s IT Director Kevin Ricci’s 12-year-old son, KJ...
"The community supports us in many ways from kids with lemonade stands to businesses donating proceeds from sales."

Five Questions With: M. Christie Smith

Since 1981, M. Christie Smith has served as executive director of the Potter League for Animals based in Newport. She oversaw the construction of...

AHA has raised $285K to date

NEWPORT – The American Heart Association’s Heart Ball has raised more than half of its targeted $500,000 for research and education funding. So far, the...
THIS IS A RENDERING of the South Street Landing project, which features a joint URI/RIC nursing-education center, Brown University administrative offices, a new parking garage and a residential/commercial component. Despite some delays in taking ownership of the property, developer CV Properties says that the project is scheduled to be completed on time.  / COURTESY CV PROPERTIES LLC

South Street Landing project opening delayed but still on track

PROVIDENCE – The first hints of construction materialized Thursday as the developer of the South Street Landing project said the firm is on track...
SKILLS TYPICALLY taught through the humanities and liberal arts are vital for the job hunt in Rhode Island, a new study undertaken by participants in the Collaborative suggests.

Collaborative outlines skills needed for job hunt in R.I.

PROVIDENCE – Skills typically taught through the humanities and liberal arts are vital for the job hunt in Rhode Island, a new study undertaken...
GROWING SEASON: Maplewood Farms owner Judith Carvalho says her goal is to run the farm and keep it as open space. Pictured above, from left, are employee Courtney David, Carvalho and manager Joshua Anderson. / PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Growing steady profits

Maplewood Farm, a three-season business since 1950, is a family affair and the owner wants to keep it that way. Owner Judith A. Carvalho inherited...

Recipe spurs startup

Shane Hauck has been selling his own versions of apple butter and sweet and spicy jalapeno ketchup through his startup, Clean Cuisine & Classy...

Children’s Museum gala raises $101K

PAWTUCKET – The Providence Children’s Museum has raised $101,000 at Unplugged 2015, its annual gala, held at the Pawtucket Armory. The funding, contributed by 200...
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