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Casino puts BioPark in doubt

FALL RIVER – City officials’ decision to back using a 300-acre site here to build a resort-style casino instead of a planned biotechnology park...

Small business will fuel R.I.’s recovery

This report brings good and bad news to Rhode Islanders. Rhode Island is working its way out of the recession, but new jobs will...

Editorial Cartoon: Thinking outside the box

A woman is surprised as she walks past a man, outside the doors of a building, who shouts, “I thought outside the box. Now...
A MAP showing the parcels created by the relocation of Interstate-195. Orange parcels are available for development, while green parcels are slated for public parks. /

Iway land sale is on slow track

As the R.I. Department of Transportation edges closer to tearing down the old Interstate 195 this summer, the process to sell the land underneath...
SEEING THE LIGHT: Katharine White’s experience working 70 hours per week inspired her to help others find a better balance between work and their personal lives. /

White found success helping others achieve goals

Looking back on it now, Katharine White says she could have used a career coach years ago. Over the course of three decades, White moved...
SWEET NECTAR: Jessica Granatiero’s East Greenwich wine shop has the ambiance of an art gallery, with soft music and the work of local artists displayed. /

Passion for wine drives mother to business success

She didn’t think much would come of it, but Jessica Granatiero decided to write to the wine columnist at The Wall Street Journal anyway,...
ART HOUSE: Newport Art Museum and Art Association Executive Director Elizabeth Goddard believes tourism is a potential growth area for the museum. /

Sleepless nights spawn confident museum leader

In the months after Elizabeth “Lisa” Goddard was appointed acting executive director of the Newport Art Museum and Art Association, she endured many sleepless...
ONE OF A KIND: Arelis Valerio, a founder of the Rhode Island Professionals Latino Association, was the first Latina asthma educator in Rhode Island. /

Her perseverance a lesson for skilled immigrants

Arelis Valerio burst into tears of frustration every day after clocking out of her old job as a certified nursing assistant at a local...
ROCK ON: Carle Pieters said she became intrigued by space rocks after sorting photographs of the moon as an MIT undergrad. /

Mining the universe just for the fun of it

For many people, rocks represent some hard material about as exciting as burnt toast. But for Carle Pieters, these mishmashes of minerals represent her...
HOLDING WEIGHT: Rena Wing, above in red shirt, played a role in crafting the nationwide Diabetes Prevention Program in the 1990s. The program guides pre-diabetes treatments. /

A mentor students, staff are eager to make proud

When he was a post-doctoral fellow at the Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center in Providence from 1999 to 2001, one of John Jakicic’s...
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