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Five Questions With: R.I. Sen. Donna Nesselbush

In Their Own Words 01/11/2013

Providence law firm Marasco & Nesselbush LLP, in December announced the establishment of the Marasco & Nesselbush Charitable Foundation with the goal of providing...

Newport Visitors Center showcases Heydt’s work

Nonprofit 01/11/2013

NEWPORT – The Newport Visitors Center has opened “Newportant People & Places – Our Wintertime,” a new exhibit by Newport-based artist William Heydt featuring...

Citizens gives $10K to Jonnycake Center

Nonprofit 01/11/2013

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Citizens Bank has donated $10,000 to the Jonnycake Center, which provides assistance to families in need of food, clothing, and household...

SELLING BONDS: Diane Lynch, member of the Social Venture Partners Rhode Island board, says that Rhode Island’s size makes it easy to get “everyone in the room to sit down and talk.” / PBN PHOTO/DAVID LEVESQUE

Could pay-for-success bonds help curb homelessness?

Economic Activity 01/05/2013

There are, by varying estimations, some 400 to 700 chronically homeless people in Rhode Island who cost the state and its taxpayers an average...

Five Questions With: Frank Carini

In Their Own Words 01/04/2013

Frank Carini is executive director of ecoRI Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to providing public education about environmental and social justice issues and how those...

Coldwell office raises funds for Crossroads

Nonprofit 01/04/2013

PROVIDENCE – The Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage offices in Rhode Island and Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares, the company’s charitable arm, together raised $16,400...

Mews 5K raises $32,000

Nonprofit 01/04/2013

WAKEFIELD – The 13th annual Mews Tavern Gear ‘N’ Beer 5K Road Race late last year raised more than $32,000 for Easter Seals Rhode...

Vogue editor at RISD book-signing event

Nonprofit 01/04/2013

PROVIDENCE – Fashionistas will have the chance to meet Vogue contributing editor Andre Leon Talley, also a Brown University alumnus, at a book signing...

LOCAL SCHOOLS are offering their support to students displaced by the sudden closure of the Sawyer School in Providence.

Local schools offer support to Sawyer students

Education 01/03/2013

(Updated, 4:44 p.m.) PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Office of Higher Education said the Sawyer School that abruptly closed Wednesday left displaced students out of $3...