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Bonanza founder left $4M to St. Andrew’s

BARRINGTON – George Sage, the founder of the Bonanza Bus Lines and one-time owner of the Rhode Island Reds who died a year ago,...

High school students invited to competition

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Business Plan Competition announced on Nov. 26 that it will include a high school track in its annual competition,...

Scituate instructor is ’08 Teacher of Year

George E. Goodfellow, a 39-year chemistry teacher who has worked at Scituate High School for the past four years, is the 2008 Rhode Island...

Univ. of Vt. dean to become new provost at URI

Donald H. DeHayes, dean of the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont, has been named to take over...
NAMEPLATES FOR INDUSTRY received a portion of a work force investment grant for training. Above, Vice President Marcia LaBelle talks to die-cutter Gil Vieria at the New Bedford plant. /

Grant-writing functions reach beyond HR staff

Writing grant proposals is a key responsibility of many human resource professionals, but it might surprise some to know business owners and others often...
BEHIND THE SCENES: High school students recently were given the opportunity, by the Hospital Association of Rhode Island, to watch a satellite broadcast of Dr. Arun Singh perform open heart surgery, shown above. /

Students targeted for future jobs

Rhode Island human resource managers have to walk a fine line deciding how to split time between training employees and preparing students for future...

Put the right player in and your team wins

We recently interviewed 20 corporate leaders who acknowledged that their next failed hire won’t be their first. As C-level executives, corporate recruiters and search...
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Mother really does know best

I had the great honor several months ago of being inducted into my high-school hall of fame at St. Paul Central in St. Paul,...

Early lessons teach fiscal responsibility

The rush of customers carrying paychecks surprised tellers. Everyone’s confusion over how to fill out deposit slips added to the mess. Then bank President...

3 colleges to share $3M from FirstFed Foundation

SWANSEA – The Robert F. Stoico / FirstFed Charitable Foundation will make three separate gifts of $1 million each to Roger Williams University in...
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