Lesson from Red Baron: Work to be an ACE
Though there is debate among experts as to the exact origins of the term “ace,” its connotation is unmistakable. The designation conferred instant...
Dad’s advice on Father’s Day
There’s an English proverb that goes: “One father is worth more than a hundred schoolmasters.”
Fathers can teach their children many important lessons. Father’s...
A little investment will yield big payout
One of the big challenges facing the nation in the near and long terms is a shortage of qualified health care professionals and teachers...
Being best requires real commitment
Advanced Financial Services has been judged the leading large company in Providence Business News’ Best Places To Work in Rhode Island competition in each...
Healthy corporate culture a key to AFS’ success
In the past year, as troubles mounted in the real estate and financial industries, Newport-based Advanced Financial Services Inc. worked daily to share as...
Stop & Shop honored for ‘green’ leadership
WALTHAM, Mass. – The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. LLC was honored last night with the 2008 John A.S. McGlennon Environmental Award for Corporate...
R.I. Realtors seek to aid military families
WARWICK – The Rhode Island Association of Realtors is in the process of raising $15,000 to bring a support-service program to the Ocean State...
Elmwood neighborhood CDCs to merge
PROVIDENCE – Greater Elmwood Neighborhood Services and The Elmwood Foundation have decided to merge into a single group, effective July 1, the nonprofits said...
R.I. graduation rates dip under new calculations
PROVIDENCE – The state today announced it is changing the way high school graduation rates are calculated, causing education officials to pare 19 points...
Regional lab science group honors URI exec
PROVIDENCE – University of Rhode Island administrator John O’Leary has been honored by the American Society of Clinical Laboratory Science, Central New England Chapter,...
