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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...
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...
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...
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,...













