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Five Questions With: Jean Johnson
Jean Johnson is executive director of House of Hope CDC, a Warwick-based nonprofit that buys, builds, renovates and/or manages 18 properties for the state’s...
Arts & Cultural Alliance gets Chamber award
NEWPORT – The Arts & Cultural Alliance of Newport County will be recognized as the Outstanding Community Achievement Award winner at the Newport County...
Junior Achievement gets $14K grant
PROVIDENCE – Junior Achievement of Rhode Island, a nonprofit dedicated to helping young people own their economic futures, has received a $14,875 Travelers Foundation...
2-1-1 reaches 1M requests
PROVIDENCE – In September, United Way 2-1-1, a hotline that provides free and confidential information and referrals on housing, employment, health care, counseling and...
R.I. to hold youth soccer championships in 2014
PROVIDENCE – The United States Youth Soccer Region Championships will be held in Rhode Island in 2013 and 2014, bringing with it an estimated...
Lardaro: Economic indicators ‘show some real strength’ in August
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Economic conditions in August could signal a re-acceleration of Rhode Island’s economic recovery, with most measured factors showing improvement according to...
Firms dress to impress on campuses
It hasn’t always been easy to gain a foothold in the workplace for members of the so-called Generation Y population, which broadly encompasses those...
Businesses investing in future hires
At Grainger Inc., a national industrial-supply distributor, the work is all about customer needs. Lately, that goes far beyond making sales and filling orders....
Five Questions With: Laura Barlow
Laura Barlow is president of Rhode Island Vegan Awareness, a nonprofit that works to advocate a meat- and dairy-free lifestyle through film screenings, public...
‘Uncle Junior’ teams with Friendly Home head
PROVIDENCE – Angelo Rotella, president and administrator of Friendly Home in Woonsocket and Berkshire Place in Providence, both nursing homes, recently headlined a fundraiser...
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