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UMass Dartmouth taps Grossman as Chancellor
DARTMOUTH – The University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees has elected Divina Grossman as its new Chancellor of UMass Dartmouth.
Grossman, vice president for engagement...
Five Questions With: Bart Dunbar
With legislation designating the SSV Oliver Hazard Perry as Rhode Island’s official sailing education vessel pending passage in the House of Representatives – with...
Victorian fashion highlighted at Rosecliff
NEWPORT – Victorian fashion is the subject of this year’s costume exhibition at Newport’s Rosecliff, an annual event sponsored by the Preservation Society of...
Hasbro radiothon nets $611K
PROVIDENCE – Donations during the eight annual Hasbro Children’s Hospital Radiothon totaled $611,312 for the two-day fundraiser held earlier this month.
“I am enormously grateful...
Council to hold Arbor Day Celebration
EXETER – The Rhode Island Tree Council is inviting the public to help plant, mulch and water 50 red oak saplings at Rhode Island...
R.I. jobless rate continues rise in March
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s jobless rate continued to rise in March, increasing one-tenth of a percentage point over February, the R.I. Department of Labor...
Twin River campaigns to voters on table games
LINCOLN - Twin River plans to campaign “aggressively” and rely heavily on social media in its effort to persuade voters to pass a state...
Lardaro: R.I.’s economy in recovery, ‘but barely’
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Economic conditions in Rhode Island are going downhill, according Leonard Lardaro’s Current Conditions Index, but the University of Rhode Island economist...
Gridlock holding up funding to spur construction
Rhode Island’s congressional representatives are frustrated by what they call a governmental gridlock threatening legislation that could spur economic recovery locally and throughout the...
Five Questions With: Lee D. Grossi
Honored a year ago with the lifetime achievement award in PBN's inaugural CFO Awards program, Children's Friend Chief Financial Officer Lee D. Grossi has...












