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FULL GEAR: Erik Stephens, left, owner of Twisted Throttle, saw his company open its retail location in May after 10 years in business. At right is Marketing Manager Adam Redford. / PBN PHOTO/FRANK MULLIN

Firm riding high on motorcycle accessories

To work here, you have to love to ride. That means riding on a motorcycle for employees at Twisted Throttle in Exeter, who are...

Higher education office dismantled under budget plan

The office of higher education would be dismantled under a General Assembly-approved plan to merge the state’s educational governing boards. Education officials so far...
COURTESY CLEAN WATER ACTION
HOLDING WATER: Clean Water Action's canvass staff visited the Rhode Island 
Statehouse on June 6 during the organization's Lobby Day. From left: Cassi 
Archambault, canvasser, Mary Peckham, field manager, and Rep. Frank Ferri, D-Warwick.

Building relationships key to nonprofit fundraising

Ask around at the next group gathering you happen to attend and you’ll likely find that most everyone will agree the state’s waterways are...
"Engaging kids early empowers them to assume the role of change agent from an early age." / COURTESY FAMILYTOPIA

Five Questions With: Johanna Corcoran

Johanna Corcoran founded Familytopia, a Johnston-based company that uses workshops to help families and business peacefully co-exist, among other things, in 2009 after facing...

Latimer 5K to provide scholarships

PROVIDENCE – The Steven K. Latimer Memorial 5K, the first annual fundraising event for the Steven K. Latimer Memorial Scholarship Fund, will be held...

Patriots honor ShapeUp founder

FOXBORO, Mass. – The New England Patriots Charitable Foundation recently honored Shape Up RI Founder and Chairman Rajiv Kumar, M.D., with a 2012 New...

Arts council looking for airport piece

NEW SHOREHAM – The R.I. State Council on the Arts and the R.I. Airport Corporation have issued a call for artists for the newly...

UMass freezes law school tuition

DARTMOUTH – The University of Massachusetts School of Law has announced that it is freezing tuition and mandatory law school-related fees at their current...
GOV. LINCOLN D. CHAFEE approved legislation saying the state  would receive 18 percent of revenue from proposed table games at Twin River Casino if voters this November approve allowing the facility to open them there. / COURTESY TWIN RIVER

Chafee approves casino legislation

PROVIDENCE – On Wednesday, Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee signed into law legislation that would give the state 18 percent of revenue from proposed table...

Recapturing slice of sailing glory?

When Rick McAuliffe, a Providence-based lobbyist and supporter of the local sailing community, was 14, his father, Rick, took him and his brother, Jamie,...
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