Medeiros steps down as Kent County YMCA executive director
WARWICK – Kent County YMCA is now searching for its next leader.
Scott Medeiros stepped down as executive director on Aug. 7 following a nearly...
Providence Community Health Centers names incoming CEO
PROVIDENCE – Two weeks after Merrill Thomas, president and CEO of Providence Community Health Centers, announced he would retire by the end of the...
America250-Enduring Success: Saint Elizabeth Community
(Editor’s note: This is the 22nd installment in a weekly series featuring Rhode Island’s oldest companies as the nation celebrates the 250th anniversary of...
RIDE lands $18M in federal grants for AI literacy programs
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Education has secured more than $18 million through a pair of federal grants to fund two literacy initiatives...
R.I. accepting applications for new Workforce Pell Grant program
PROVIDENCE – The state is now accepting applications from eligible training providers for the new federal Workforce Pell Grant program.
The new initiative, launched on...
McCormack elected chair of UTIC board of directors, replacing Proffitt
MIDDLETOWN – Donald McCormack, senior consultant to McLaughlin Research Corp., has been elected chairperson of the Undersea Technology Innovation Consortium board of directors, the nonprofit announced...
Blueprint for prosperity: Aligning capital, talent and innovation
RHODE ISLAND finds itself at a unique crossroads. The Ocean State has weathered headwinds, maintained relatively low unemployment rates, increased housing development and refocused...
Federal funding cuts put nonprofits to the test
It took years for Rhode Island’s nonprofits to put the COVID-19 pandemic in the rearview mirror, but the sector found it had a new...
R.I. higher-ed institutions reshaping talent pipelines
Educational institutions have come around to the idea that there is more than one kind of classroom, as students learn both on campus and...
Davies student earns national gold medal in first aid and CPR...
ARIANNE CHARLES, a North Providence student at William M. Davies Jr. Career and Technical High School in Lincoln, won the national gold medal in...



















