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Startup tests tracking system for buses and students

A local startup hopes to use a pilot program at a Middletown elementary school to test a system that tracks school buses and the...

Business leaders seek study of capital’s assets

In the Dunkin’ Donuts Center – in front of a crowd of business leaders and others, including Gov. Donald L. Carcieri and Providence...
ANTHONY SANTILLI of Cranston receives care at Rhode Island Hospital from nurse Bethany Marino. The aging of the baby boomers is expected to strain the medical industry. /

A big-picture approach to caring for older patients

Some differences are visible: the slower movements, the hesitance walking, and of course the thinner frame, the silver hair, the wrinkled skin. Others require...
MARI-BETH BROWN chooses a snack at NetCenergy in Warwick. All snacks in the basket are low-fat, trans-fat free and were recommended by a registered nurse from the Wellness Councils of America. /

Healthy snacks aimed at sending right message

One day last year, Don Nokes threw away the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Mountain Dew and other junk food that his employees used to...
A LAB TECHNICIAN at Roger Williams Medical Center freezes stem cells that will later be infused into a transplant patient. /

Roger Williams seeks transplant collaboration

One year after losing its bone marrow transplantation chief and two other key specialists to Rhode Island Hospital, Roger Williams Medical Center has hired...

URI receives $1.3M grant for health care education

The Rhode Island Geriatric Education Center at the University of Rhode Island has been awarded a three-year, $1.3 million grant by the U.S. Department...
KEN ABRAMS uses an indirect ophthalmoscope to see the retina of his canine patient Casey, while Kerry Marchand assists. /

Pet doctor focuses on eye disease

The news is not good in Exam Room 2 at Dr. Ken Abrams’ veterinary practice. Abrams approaches Cindy Govoni’s dog, Hudson, with a device that...
TOWERSTREAM CEO Jeff Thompson holds a Redline Communications device.  The company is competing for parts of the valuable wireless spectrum. /

Wireless auction has local interest

Towerstream Corp. is far from a giant in the telecommunications industry, but the Middletown company is competing with the likes of AT&T, Verizon and...

Small cable operators ask FCC to limit ‘bundling’

A group representing 1,100 smaller cable companies said Walt Disney Co., Viacom Inc. and other network owners force them to buy unwanted channels, and...
HOLIDAY GIVING program participants (from left) Sarah Clausius and Angela Rotondo, of Bank Rhode Island’s Turks Head branch, Sandra MacDonald, of the Providence Interim School, and Hilda Oliveira and Trudy Rawles, both of BankRI. /

BankRI partners with nonprofits to meet wishes

The eighth annual Holiday Giving Tree program at Bank Rhode Island reached 225 families in need during this holiday season. Each of the bank’s...
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