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R.I. restaurant-sales growth among nation’s worst
Rhode Island’s projected 2.3 percent restaurant-sales growth for 2012 is among the worst in the country, besting only Vermont and West Virginia, at 2.2...
Trinity Rep. joins Blue Star Theatres program
PROVIDENCE – Trinity Repertory Company will be one of 22 Theatre Communication Group theater members to participate in the newly launched Blue Star Theatres...
Five Questions With: Kathleen Pletcher
FirstWorks Festival: On the Plaza in 2012 happens this Saturday, Sept. 29 at Kennedy Plaza.
Kathleen Pletcher, executive artistic director at FirstWorks, which began...
Double-century bike ride to benefit cancer research
The spirit of community seems to have touched friends of Eric Constantino, who has for the last three years, been the driving force behind...
Gears for Grades helps 14,000 students
PROVIDENCE – The RBS Citizens Financial Group’s Gear for Grades program filled 14,000 backpacks with donated school supplies in Rhode Island for this school...
Brady TDs mean money for foundation
BOSTON – National Grid has pledged $700 to the Joe Andruzzi Foundation’s Patient Touchdown Program every time Tom Brady throws a regular season touchdown...
R.I. ranks second in New England for hotel occupancy
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island remains second in the New England region for hotel occupancy rates and has seen a 6 percent revenue per...
Big often not best for nonprofits
At their most recent staff retreat, the senior management of Child & Family, a social service nonprofit in Middletown, went on a two-day trip...
Unemployment rate drops to 10.7% in August
CRANSTON – The state’s jobless rate marked a fourth consecutive month of improvement in August, falling to 10.7 percent according to the R.I. Department...
Five Questions With: Jim Berson
Jim Berson was named president and CEO of the YMCA of Greater Providence in early September, but he’s no stranger to the Rhode Island...
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