Cash-strapped RIPTA seeks answers
With ridership up 34 percent since 2005, the R.I. Public Transit Authority should be riding high. Instead, the perennially cash-strapped agency is facing its...
AS220 and MIT launching Fab Lab in Providence
What if you could build your own iPhone?
That, in a nutshell, is the idea behind the Fab Lab, a workshop where both experts and...
GTECH computer lab unveiled at youth center
PROVIDENCE – GTECH Corp. unveiled the 10th of 30 planned computer labs through its After School Advantage program at a recent re-opening ceremony for...
Gap exists between classroom <br>and workplace skills
A poll of registered voters revealed that 80 percent think the skills students need to learn to prepare for 21st-century jobs are different from...
Carcieri names RIPTA budget review panel
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Donald L. Carcieri today called for a review of finances at the ailing R.I. Public Transportation Authority, and named a panel...
Mass. to get $11.5M more in LIHEAP aid
BOSTON – Massachusetts will receive a supplemental grant of $11.5 million to help residents heat their homes this winter, according to Gov. Deval L....
R.I. to get another $1.9M in heating aid
WASHINGTON – A supplemental grant of $1.925 million, announced today, will bring Rhode Island’s total aid under the federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program...
R.I. gears up to begin enforcing E-Verify
PROVIDENCE – Companies that do business with the state will have to check their workers’ immigration status via the federal E-Verify system, under...
BankRI donations help youth organizations
PROVIDENCE – Bank Rhode Island recently provided a $30,500 helping hand to 15 youth organizations during summer vacation and assisted youngsters in other ways,...
Junior League names Miller ’08-’09 president
Mary Catharine H. Miller has been named president of the Junior League of Rhode Island for 2008-2009. Miller has been an active member since...
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