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LINDA JANE MAAIA, right, took over Full Channel after her father died in 2004. Above, in her office at the  cable TV company, she works with Jane Cotter, left. /

Cable TV exec never envisioned herself at helm

This is the second in a series of 12 PBN articles focusing on the backgrounds, challenges and successes of some of the area’s most...

Coastway Credit Union donates $13,000 to VIPS

PROVIDENCE – Second-graders in city public schools will get extra help this year to build their reading skills, thanks to a donation from the...
INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR: Serial entrepreneur Robert Rabiner, whose new IlluminOss Medical Inc. in Middletown is stabilizing shattered bones using a light-activated glue. /

2007 winners:<br>12 honored at PBN-R.I. EDC-Tech Collective gala

PAWTUCKET – Innovators in a wide range of sectors came together last night for the combined Rhode Island Innovation Awards and Tech Laureates Night...

Baldwin to direct Healthy Kids lead-hazard initiative

PAWTUCKET – Barbara Baldwin has been named as program coordinator for the Healthy Kids Collaborative, R.I. Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch and the Children’s...
AT THE URI Fine Arts Center, above, is Annu Palakunnathu Matthew, during an exhibit last fall that chronicled the Americanization of call-center workers in India. The recorded interviews and photographs were the product of a one-year sabbatical.  /

3 R.I. artists win MacColl Johnson Fellowships

PROVIDENCE – Three Ocean State visual artists have been named recipients of the prestigious MacColl Johnson Fellowships, The Rhode Island Foundation announced today. Selected...
COLLEGE CONSULTANTS, such as Cristiana Quinn of Providence, above, offer students more personalized advice than a guidance counselor could provide. /

Consultants find big demand <br>for good advice on colleges

Michelle and Gary Beamon didn’t know where to start when their daughter, Alix, reached the an age when college was looming on the horizon. “She’s...

URI engineer at the forefront of ocean-floor research

An internationally renowned ocean researcher, Kate Moran has led major oceanographic expeditions since becoming an administrator and teacher at URI, including the 2004 Arctic...

Citizens gives backpacks to more than 12,000 kids

The Citizens Bank Foundation, through a grant to Recycling for Rhode Island Education, supplied more than 12,000 non-logo backpacks containing donated school supplies to...

Building skills to be competitive

Marcia LaBelle, vice president of operations at Nameplates for Industry Inc., already sees positive results forming from an introductory lean manufacturing course employees are...
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Success is in your own hands

The beginning of the school year is one of my favorite times. Though it’s been a while since I was sitting behind a desk...
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