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SCOT A. Jones, CEO of Groov-Pin Corp., already has donated $10,000 to support the Lean Government effort. The Rhode Island Foundation is offering a $50,000 challenge grant to encourage private support for the state to move toward leaner government operations.  / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

R.I. Foundation offers $50K challenge grant to encourage support of lean...

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation is offering a $50,000 challenge grant to encourage private support for the state to move toward leaner government...

Keeping ?restoration ?on track

Prime Restoration & Remediation LLC works to meet the need for cost-effective oversight of restoration work in the wake of unexpected and traumatic property...
Standing Together: Bannister House workers march with supporters toward the Rhode Island Statehouse on April 16 on its 125th anniversary, as part of a communitywide effort to prevent its closure. / COURTESY ?BARBARA ?HUNGER

Workers, community leaders mobilize to save Bannister

On April 7, nine days shy of the Bannister House's 125th anniversary, residents and employers learned that the board of trustees had moved to...

Collette donates $50K for Nepal

PAWTUCKET – Global tour operator Collette has donated $50,000 to efforts in response to last month’s earthquake in Nepal. A $25,000 donation has been...

Hazard Perry hosts tours

NEWPORT – The SSV Oliver Hazard Perry, the Ocean State’s official sailing education vessel, hosted more than 12,000 people for onboard tours at the...

Alex and Ani encourages ‘Give Back’

CRANSTON – Alex and Ani LLC has initiated a companywide Give Back Time Off program that will allow all employees to make a positive...

Five Questions With: Rosanna Ortiz

A California native, Rosanna Ortiz co-founded the SEED: Innovation Meets Education, which fosters innovation and education in apparel and accessory design through peer mentorship....
DR. FRED J. SCHIFFMAN, medical oncologist and medical director of The Leonard and Adele R. Decof Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at The Miriam Hospital, enjoys performances from TEN31 Productions, who added to the Serengeti-inspired ambience that transformed a North Central Airport hangar on May 9. The event raised more than $660,000 for Miriam Hospital. / COURTESY AL WEEMS PHOTOGRAPHY

Fundraiser nets $661K for Miriam

PROVIDENCE – The May 9 fundraising event, “Journey to the Serengeti” raised $661,943 for The Miriam Hospital. The hospital is a 247-bed, nonprofit teaching hospital...
FROM LEFT, Volvo Ocean Race CEO Knut Frostad, his daughter Pernilla, Congressman David N. Cicilline, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo, R.I. DEM Director Janet Coit, and state Senate President M. Teresa Paiva Weed cut the ribbon to the new North Pier at Fort Adams during the opening ceremony for the Volvo Ocean Race Newport Race Village last week. In the background is Sail Newport Executive Director Brad Read. / COURTESY DAN NERNEY/SAIL NEWPORT/VOLVO OCEAN RACE NEWPORT

Downtown Newport businesses report mixed results from Volvo

NEWPORT – Since May 5, thousands of visitors have flocked to the Volvo Ocean Race Village at Fort Adams State Park, but downtown merchants...
THIS IS a rendering of the new 50,000-square-foot Academic Innovation Center at Bryant University. A ceremonial groundbreaking will be held Friday for this building, as well as three others, a redesigned campus entrance and a new campus in China. / COURTESY BRYANT UNIVERSITY/EYP ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING

Bryant University to hold ceremonial groundbreaking Friday

SMITHFIELD – Bryant University will break ground ceremonially Friday on a redesigned campus entrance and four new buildings, as well as for its campus...
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