Patricia Daddona
Trade groups connecting workers to jobs in industry
Rhode Island Manufacturing Institute, a sister organization to the Rhode Island Manufacturers Association, has spent the past year matching 70 under- or unemployed people...
Union membership dropped in R.I. in ’14
PROVIDENCE - The percentage of Rhode Islanders represented by unions declined in 2014 compared with the year prior, according to union membership data released...
Five Questions With: Cindy Elder
Cindy Elder joined Coggeshall Farm Museum in Bristol as executive director in December 2014. Her 20 years' nonprofit experience includes work in communications, marketing...
Panera Bread to benefit ‘mobility ride’
CRANSTON – The Panera Bread outlet at 5 New London Ave. is holding a special Raise the Dough fundraiser on Feb. 2 to benefit...
Westerly Community Credit Union raises $7,725
WESTERLY – The Westerly Community Credit Union has raised $7,725 through employees’ participation in “dress-down days” over the past year and donated it to...
R.I. Foundation gives $70K to Community Care Alliance
WOONSOCKET – The Rhode Island Foundation has awarded the Community Care Alliance a $70,000 grant to expand its psychiatric hospital diversion services at the...
Watertree set to help distribute donations
BOSTON – Watertree Health and Make-A-Wish America will distribute donations to Make-A-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island, one of the 61 Make-A-Wish chapters nationwide, as...
Jobless rate drops to 6.8% in December, lowest since March ’08
PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island’s unemployment rate dropped in December to 6.8 percent, the lowest rate for the state since March 2008, the R.I. Department...
Bryant names Sulmasy as its first provost and chief academic officer
SMITHFIELD – Bryant University has named Glenn M. Sulmasy, a U.S. Coast Guard Academy captain, as its first provost and chief academic officer, effective...
Twin River exploring addition of small hotel on property
LINCOLN – Constructing a small hotel at Twin River Casino is an avenue the parent company, Twin River Worldwide Holdings, would like to explore,...
