Brown gets historian’s 22,000-volume collection
PROVIDENCE – The Brown University Library has acquired a collection of 22,000 volumes, publications and manuscripts from the library of the late David E....
Federal grant allows RIC to keep Upward Bound
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island College has received a four-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education to continue its Upward Bound program, which RIC...
Luxury condo tower plan draws ire
The Providence City Council was scheduled to vote Thursday, July 5, on a street abandonment that would make way for a luxury, high-security condominium...
Hanging with the Transformers
PROVIDENCE – With the new “Transformers” live-action movie slated to open in the middle of last week, excitement was high as fans of the...
R.I. home prices decline 1.4%<br> as unsold inventory soars 38%
WARWICK – Through June, single-family home sales “have moderated as expected,” Cecile Cohen, president of the Rhode Island Association of Realtors, said today in...
HUD to give $13.2M to 4 R.I. cities
WASHINGTON – The cities of Providence, Cranston, Warwick and Woonsocket will receive more than $13 million in affordable-housing aid from the U.S. Department of...
Morgan Stanley fined $250,000 by R.I. DBR
PROVIDENCE – Securities broker Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc., formerly Morgan Stanley DW Inc., has paid a civil penalty of $250,000, the R.I. Department...
Michael Bianco faces $45,000 in OSHA fines
NEW BEDFORD – Leather-goods manufacturer Michael Bianco Inc. faces $45,000 in proposed fines, according to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Braintree office.
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CVS pledges $1.1M for Boundless Playgrounds
WOONSOCKET – CVS All Kids Can, a program of the CVS Caremark Charitable Trust Inc. and CVS/pharmacy, today pledged $1.1 million to Boundless Playgrounds....
U.S. jobless rate steady as payrolls grow
WASHINGTON – Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 132,000 in June, according to the Employment Situation report released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor...
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