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O’Donnell leaving Providence Children’s Museum
PROVIDENCE – After 29 years, Providence Children’s Museum Executive Director Janice O’Donnell is leaving her post Friday to pursue other projects, according to a...
Nolan stepping down as Crossroads Rhode Island president
PROVIDENCE – Anne Nolan, president of Crossroads Rhode Island, is retiring June 1, and a search for her successor will begin in January.
“It’s time,”...
Kids Count: R.I. behind other states in providing health insurance for...
PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island is not keeping pace with other states in insuring children for health coverage, despite the success of a state-focused Medicaid...
Five Questions With: Judy Salvadore
Judy Salvadore is president of the board of directors for the Friends of the Warwick Animal Shelter, which focuses on promotion of and fundraising...
Twin River gives to food bank
LINCOLN – Twin River Casino donated $2,500 to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank on Nov. 12.
The gift was presented by John Taylor Jr.,...
Black Philanthropy Initiative awards grants
PROVIDENCE – The Black Philanthropy Initiative has awarded $24,000 in grants to four nonprofit organizations that serve the state’s African-American community.
BPI is a fund...
Ocean State Job Lot donates apparel
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Ocean State Job Lot donated $30,000 worth of ladies’ cold weather apparel to My Brother’s Keeper, a Southeastern Massachusetts-based ministry, on...
Family Service raises $220K, honors Paiva Weed
Family Service of Rhode Island recently raised nearly $220,000, the highest amount in 10 years, at its Brighter Futures Award luncheon, where the nonprofit...
R.I. jobless rate drops in October
PROVIDENCE - The unemployment rate dropped to 7.4 percent in October, declining two percentage points compared with the year prior, according to the R.I....
URI Coastal Resources Center wins $24M grant for sustainable fisheries project...
NARRAGANSETT - The Coastal Resources Center at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography has won a $24 million federal grant to...
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