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"EMPLOYERS ASSUME the job seekers we work with do not have the necessary skills sets needed for the workforce of today, that Goodwill only assists individuals in obtaining employment and not maintaining it." / COURTESY GOODWILL INDUSTRIES

Five Questions With: Christine Yankee

Christine Yankee is the vice president of program services at Goodwill Industries of Rhode Island which, since 1863, has worked as a rehabilitation agency...

Children’s Museum kicks off reading program

PROVIDENCE – The Providence Children’s Museum is hosting a summer reading program kick-off event today from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the museum on South Street....

Hydrocephalus foundation holds dinner

PAWTUCKET – The Rhode Island chapter of the Pediatric Hydrocephalus Foundation will hold its third annual Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser for Hydrocephalus Awareness on June...

Ocean State to begin theater construction

WARWICK – The Ocean State Theatre Co. will begin construction this month on its new theater in Warwick that also will become headquarters for...

Finard closes on Biltmore purchase

PROVIDENCE – Finard Coventry Hotel Management announced Thursday that it has closed on its $16 million purchase of the Providence Biltmore Hotel. “We are delighted...
BRYANT UNIVERSITY'S international business program was ranked 27th in the nation by Bloomberg Businessweek. / COURTESY BRYANT UNVIERSITY

Bryant’s international business program makes Bloomberg list

SMITHFIELD – Bryant University’s international business program was ranked 27th in the nation by Bloomberg Businessweek, jumping from its position at 41st last year...
TURNING LEAVES: Jose Velasquez, of Bartlett Tree Experts, prunes bushes and trees at a home in Portsmouth. The company's regional manager, Chris Fletcher, would like to see the arborist industry grow in R.I. / PBN PHOTO/CHRIS SHORES

Green companies eager to grow support, workers

Chris Fletcher, manager for the Westerly to Newport region at Bartlett Tree Experts, loves to see interns from the University of Rhode Island come...
RARE FIND: Marie Malchodi, Brown University bookbinder, discovered a Paul Revere print during a routine assignment. / PBN PHOTO/FRANK MULLIN

Treasures awaiting discovery in university collections

There are some 300,000 rare books inside Brown University’s John Hay Library. For the last 20 years Marie Malchodi, one of the university’s book-conservation...
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STEM SELLS: Dominique Fernandez, left, credits her new job at Lifespan to her participation in Year Up Providence. At right is Mary Sullivan, director, RI STEM Center.

Collaboration crucial to boosting workforce skills

Dominique Fernandez’s life could have been very different. Where the 20-year-old recently found salvation in the form of a desk-analyst position with the Lifespan...
RHODE ISLAND 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

State would get 18% of Twin River table game revenue

LINCOLN – Rhode Island would receive 18 percent of revenue from proposed table games at Twin River Casino if voters this November approve allowing...
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