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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...