Consuelo Sherba is named Pawtucket Foundation’s<br> 2007 Person of the Year
PAWTUCKET – The Pawtucket Foundation has named violist and music educator Consuelo Sherba to receive one of two 2007 Pawtucket Foundation Persons of...
R.I. firms’ exports surge 21% in ’06
Rhode Island companies last year exported $1.53 billion worth of goods, growing their foreign sales by 20.7 percent – including a big boost from...
Teaching art, design to the next generation
Almost five years after Rhode Island School of Design began working with Providence’s struggling Hope High School, a key part of the effort is...
A place to grow technology businesses
The R.I. Economic Development Corporation is working with a local IT entrepreneur and co-founder of the Providence Geeks to launch an IT and digital...
Hearing on fire code reveals flaws<br> in enforcement
Lou DeCiantis, owner of Lou’s Laundry in Warwick, didn’t realize he could ask the R.I. Fire Safety Code Board of Appeal and Review for...
URI begins construction of major biotech facility
The University of Rhode Island broke ground last week on its Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences, a project to which the state’s leading...
WRNI getting local owners,<br> expanded coverage area
Since taking the job as general manager of WRNI (1290AM), the state’s National Public Radio station, Joe O’Connor has pushed for signal expansion and...
Poverty, educational disparities<br> weigh on R.I. kids
Nearly one in five Rhode Island children lived in poverty as of 2005, and about 23,000 children – 10 percent – lived in households...
Federal, state laws could<br> challenge R.I. employers
Small business owners face the big issues just as often as big businesses, so coming to grips with the ever-evolving human resource landscape requires...
UnitedHealthcare puts dividend on hold
After a firestorm of controversy over its proposal to send $36.8 million in accumulated profits to its parent company, UnitedHealthcare of New England has...
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