PPS awards Jewelry District project
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Preservation Society gave its “Rehabilitation Award” to ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge for its redesign of the 30,000-square-foot Rolo Jewelry Building in...
Feinstein Challenge raises record $197M
KINGSTON – Local philanthropist Alan Shawn Feinstein’s 12th annual nationwide matching challenge to anti-hunger organizations led to $197 million in donations this year, a...
MarcAurele named ‘Hometown Hero’
PROVIDENCE – Joseph J. MarcAurele, president of Citizens Bank Rhode Island, was recently awarded the Hometown Hero Award for leading a program in which...
Five Questions With: Joseph M. Giso
Joseph M. Giso is a certified public accountant with CBIZ Tofias, which has offices in Providence, Newport and New Bedford, and is the director...
Quotas to redress past bias are not healthy for the country
To the Editor:
Will we ever do away with the crippling stupidity of preferential quotas for college entrance, hiring and awarding contracts?
The PBN...
Oldest U.S. tour operator makes South African trip
A group of employees from the U.S. and Canadian offices of Collette Vacations traveled to South Africa in May on a tour that included...
Bank of America donates $45K to R.I. food bank
A Bank of America Charitable Foundation employee volunteer effort, known as Team Bank of America, will assist the Rhode Island Community Food Bank by...
Free workshops focused on starting businesses
FALL RIVER – The Academic Center for Entrepreneurship at Bristol Community College is offering free workshops to help people start their own business.
“How to...
Westerly upgrades to 32-slice CT scanner
The Westerly Hospital has upgraded its CT scanning equipment to a GE LightSpeed VCT 32-slice scanner, replacing a 16-slice scanner and improving the quality...
U.S. grants RIH cancer center $1.8M
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital will receive $1.84 million in federal funding to expand the facilities and training programs at the hospital’s Center for...