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...
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...
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...
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...
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...