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Red Sox give $10K to Children’s Friend

BOSTON – The Red Sox Foundation donated $10,000 to Children’s Friend at a recent Fenway Park ballgame as fans named the nonprofit their favorite...

Big Brothers Big Sisters relocates Drop-Off Center

WESTERLY – Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ocean State of Cranston has relocated its Westerly Donation Drop-Off Center in Westerly. The center has been...

Five Questions With: Keith Tavares

Keith Tavares of Newport has been chairman of the Newport Partnership For Families since 2013. He also is vice president of institutional advancement for...

CVS, ALA team up for Lung Force

WOONSOCKET – CVS Health is again teaming up with the American Lung Association to help beat lung cancer with a national in-store fundraising campaign...

Governor announces Cybersecurity Commission

PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island is establishing the state’s first cybersecurity commission to better ensure security in the cyber world and support job creation within...
FIRSTWORKS RECEIVED $30,000 thanks to an $862,800 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts that also will support the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts and other arts organizations. / COURTESY FIRSTWORKS

Federal NEA grants boost R.I. arts organizations

(Updated 4:40 p.m.) PROVIDENCE – An $862,800 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts will support the R.I. State Council on the Arts...
FROM LEFT, Volvo Ocean Race CEO Knut Frostad, his 5-year-old 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. In the background is Sail Newport Executive Director Brad Read. / COURTESY DAN NERNEY/SAIL NEWPORT/VOLVO OCEAN RACE NEWPORT

Race Village opens in Newport

NEWPORT – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo and other dignitaries officially opened Race Village for the Volvo Ocean Race Stopover at Fort Adams State Park...
A PAGE from the 1882 G.M. Hopkins Atlas of the City of Providence shows several African-American institutions: Olive Street housed the Shelter for Colored Children, Meeting  Street was home to the Colored M.E. Church and Angell Court had the Colored Church. A two-year research project that will document the history of African-Americans in the College Hill District will launch May 14. / COURTESY R.I. HISTORICAL PRESERVATION & HERITAGE COMMISSION

Ceremony scheduled for launch of African-American history research project

PROVIDENCE – A two-year research project that will document the history of African-Americans in the College Hill District launches May 14. A kickoff ceremony is...

Providence under consideration for title of best community in America

PROVIDENCE - The city of Providence is one of 64 communities being considered for the “Best Town in America” by readers of Outside Magazine. Voting...

Amica gives $41K to Boston Children’s

BOSTON – As part of the Amica Game Ball Program, the Lincoln-based Amica Insurance donated $41,000 to Boston Children’s Hospital at a recent Boston...
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