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THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE will play host to Taste Trekkers, a food tourism conference, this fall.  / PBN FILE PHOTO

Providence to host food tourism conference

PROVIDENCE – Seth Resler, former program director at WBRU and founder of Mystery Meet, a San Francisco –based social dining community that brings together...

Hall successor expected to stay preservation course

When the Providence Preservation Society’s board of directors four years ago decided it was time for serious introspection on the future of the almost...

Five Questions With: Heather Tow-Yick

Heather Tow-Yick is executive director of Teach for America Rhode Island, the state branch of the national organization that recruits recent college graduates and...

Roller Derby hosting FIRE vs. ICE

PROVIDENCE – The Providence Roller Derby will present a FIRE vs. ICE fundraiser bout on Feb. 24 at the Narragansett Ocean Club Skating Rink...

Fundraisers to benefit Slater Park

PAWTUCKET – A series of fundraisers to restore camp facilities in Slater Park destroyed by a fire late last year will begin with a...

Mechanics donates to Teach For America

FALL RIVER – Mechanics Cooperative Bank has announced it is donating $5,000 to support the Teach For America program in the Fall River public...
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT of Education has released the "College Affordability and Transparency Center College Scorecard" providing potential students and families of students with information for every degree-granting institution in the United States. / COURTESY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Dept. of Ed. releases college affordability scorecard

PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Department of Education has released an interactive online College Scorecard as part of President Barack Obama’s efforts to hold colleges...
MEMBERS OF THE WARWICK Figure Skaters provide a backdrop for the announcement that Providence and Warwick will host the 2015 U.S. Synchronized Skating National Championships.  From left: RI Convention Center Authority Chairman Jim Bennett; Providence Mayor Angel Taveras; RI Sports Commission Executive Director John Gibbons; Warwick Figure Skaters Spokesman Don McKenzie and Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian. / COURTESY THE R.I. SPORTS COMMISSION

R.I. to host 2015 synchronized skating championships

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will host the 2015 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships, an event that is expected to occupy more than 4,800 hotel room...
RHODE ISLAND produced the highest level of the Current Conditions Index seen in nearly a decade, as the state's economy shifted into a higher gear, according to University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro. / COURTESY LEONARD LARDARO

Lardaro: R.I. economy ends year on upswing

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – December 2012 brought reason to celebrate Rhode Island’s economic performance, as last year’s fourth quarter showed broad-based positive economic activity, according...

Planned museum pulls out of Dynamo House project

The planned Heritage Harbor Museum is no longer part of the long-stalled Dynamo House project. James Bennett, director of the Providence office of economic...
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