High school overhaul goes high-tech
A digital library, solar-heated water, wireless access and sophisticated audio systems in every learning space will help make the Providence Career and Technical Academy...
Postal Service takes next step in automated service
When Providence’s main post office on Corliss Street was dedicated in October 1960, it was hailed as a technological marvel because it housed the...
Sharing info comes easy for libraries through HELIN
The worsening state budget crisis has increased pressure on municipalities and government departments to consider consolidating services and sharing resources. Yet all the hand-wringing...
Trying to preserve IT gains during a recession
The recession has not been kind to higher education. At many private schools, endowments are falling, fundraising is down and students are clamoring for...
Oasis or Mirage?
Rhode Island – depicted as a thirsty man staggering across the desert – thinks to himself “Oasis … or mirage?” when he sees the...
A lack of health insurance is <br> a catastrophic blow to...
To the Editor:
Marion Davis’ piece (“Study: Cost a big barrier for cancer patients,” Feb. 9, PBN.com) recently highlighted a new report by the American...
R.I. support of Newport ferry will increase tourist spending
To the editor:
There was a tinge of irony to your recent editorial (“R.I. tourism on par with the world’s best,” Jan. 26). The irony...
Marketing should add hospitality jobs
“One of Rhode Island’s strengths is its small- and mid-sized independent business community. It is important for them to work together. … It is...
Poor decisions costing Warwick taxpayers
TAXPAYER ALERT … TAXPAYER ALERT … TAXPAYER ALERT – this is not a test. In voluntary cooperation with this paper and to the dismay...
‘It’s quiet out there … everybody’s stopped’
The opportunity to design large-scale building projects depends on what architect J. Michael Abbott, vice president and principal at Newport Collaborative Architects Inc., calls...
