Chef Speidel returns to class as teacher
All of us at one time or another have daydreamed about returning to our alma mater as a professor. Johnson & Wales University has...
Race is on to lure America’s Cup to R.I.
Before state leaders threw their support behind the effort to have Newport host the 2013 America’s Cup, the City by the Sea had already...
Writing a new chapter on Atwells
Mario Purro has taken over responsibility and ownership of his family’s business, transforming an Atwells Avenue storefront from Bradford Variety, a neighborhood convenience store,...
Mansfield’s Samsonite celebrates 100th
MANSFIELD – Luggage maker Samsonite Corp. will mark its 100th anniversary this year with an advertising campaign created by the Boston firm Connelly Partners.
Connelly...
Zoo experience not just for the young
On July 7, as part of the five-day Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (scientists who study fish and reptiles, respectively) being held at...
Low-cost venues get some nibbles
Jim Piquette says it was really no surprise when the number of company outings booked at Mulligan’s Island, where he is managing partner, sank...
Blount Foods starts $13M HQ expansion
FALL RIVER – Blount Fine Foods broke ground Monday on a $13 million expansion of its headquarters that will nearly double the size of...
Privacy rights being tested in Digital Age
You’re a city employee. It’s 7 p.m. on a Friday. You were supposed to be home for dinner hours ago. Your spouse sends you...
Hotel donates to Seamen’s renovation
Shaner Hotels, the owner of the Newport Harbor Hotel & Marina, has made a $10,000 grant to Seamen’s Church Institute of Newport for improvements...
Hotels, eateries await March Madness
When hundreds of delegates to the U.S. Conference of Mayors and their family members visited Providence last summer, few of them made it to...
