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Coalition launching smoking-cessation programs
WOONSOCKET – Greater Blackstone Valley Prevention Coalition plans to launch three new free smoking-cessation programs to help residents of Rhode Island lead tobacco-free lives,...
Bank of America gives $200K to nonprofits
PROVIDENCE – The Bank of America Charitable Foundation is providing $200,000 in grants to 14 Rhode Island nonprofits.
The grants are intended to help the...
Five Questions With: Jennie Johnson
Jennie Johnson of Warwick is executive director of City Year Providence, one of 26 sites in City Year, an education-focused, national nonprofit organization that...
Race raises $14K for Fort Adams Trust
The sold-out Newport 10 Miler road race scheduled for June 7 will generate a $14,000 donation to the Fort Adams Trust, organizers said this...
DLT: Jobless rate drops in April in R.I. to 6.1%
PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment for April dropped to 6.1 percent, two-tenths of a percentage point lower than it was in March,...
R.I. Foundation awards $250K in grants to five health care providers
WARWICK – The Rhode Island Foundation on Thursday awarded more than $250,000 in grants to five health care providers through its RIGHA Foundation Fund,...
Roger Williams Park Zoo releases master plan
PROVIDENCE – The trustees of the Roger Williams Park Zoo have unveiled a 20-year, master plan focused on $75 million in improvements to “the...
College Unbound approved to grant undergraduate degrees
WARWICK – At its Wednesday meeting the R.I. Council on Postsecondary Education unanimously approved College Unbound’s proposal to turn its nonprofit higher education program...
College Unbound director: New program has potential to graduate new talent
(This updates a story posted Monday at 5:44 p.m.) PROVIDENCE – The director of College Unbound says plans to turn the nonprofit higher...
College Unbound looks to gain degree-granting status
PROVIDENCE – College Unbound, a nonprofit higher education program targeting low-income and often marginalized adults, has proposed operating in Rhode Island as a degree-granting...
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