Buses showcase PPL youth poetry project
PROVIDENCE – The back of the bus took on a whole new meaning last month for 25 local students, thanks to a citywide after-school...
Luxury shipyard planned at Quonset
NORTH KINGSTOWN – The Quonset Development Corporation has given its preliminary approval to a 43-acre megayacht construction and repair facility proposed by Fort Lauderdale,...
Caprio, union announce Treasury reorganization
PROVIDENCE – General Treasurer Frank T. Caprio and union representative Sal Lombardi today announced a plan to reorganize the R.I. Treasury Department.
“I came into...
RISD leases Moshassuck Square Apts.
PROVIDENCE – The Mount Vernon Co. today announced that the Rhode Island School of Design has signed a long-term master lease on the Moshassuck...
Senate panel condemns student-loan tactics
Financial services companies seeking to be listed as preferred lenders have tempted college officials with free travel, happy hours, sports tickets and paid consulting...
A station with great expectations
Reynaldo Almonte begins his broadcast at 5 a.m. every day by announcing in his deep voice: “This is Exitos 88.1FM. Latino Public Radio, nationwide...
Exploring Latinos’ culture along with their language
The two-day Spanish immersion program starts with a typical Dominican breakfast. Co-creator Sixcia Devine is Dominican, after all, as are many others in Providence.
Then...
Yacht Restoration School ‘converges’<br> with Museum of Yachting
One teaches the history of classic boats and the art of restoring, maintaining and building them. The other aims to preserve the culture of...
Slater invests $500,000 in Middletown robotics firm
The Slater Technology Fund last week announced it has committed $500,000 to Innovention Technologies LLC, a medical robotics startup founded in western Pennsylvania that...
PPL board approves 1-year contract with city
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Public Library Trustees last night announced they have voted to accept a one-year contract with the City of Providence to...
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