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URI pharmacy dean headed to Iowa

The University of Rhode Island’s College of Pharmacy is losing its leader. Donald E. Letendre, dean of pharmacy at URI since 2001, has accepted the...

Mass. ranked 5th, R.I. 14th in business costs

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Massachusetts is the fourth most-expensive state in which to do business, with overall expenses 30.6 more higher than the...
YUJUNE PARK has received a Jack Kent Cooke Foundation scholarship to continue her studies. The RISD grad plans to attend Yale University for her graduate work. /

RISD grad awarded Cooke scholarship

LANDSDOWNE, Va. - A Rhode Island School of Design graduate has been named one of 34 students selected for what has been called the...

Dept. of Education supports Westbay Adult Ed

WARWICK – Westbay Adult Education Academy announced that it has received a $90,000 grant from the R.I. Department of Education’s office of adult education. The...

RIHTA names state’s restaurant good neighbors

Chef John Philcox of Café Zelda in Newport and Lombardi’s 1025 Club of Johnston have been honored by the R.I. Hospitality and Tourism Association...
DESPITE THE 2Q increase, single-family home building permits declined for the first half of the year, according to the Rhode Island Builders Association.  /

RIBA: 2Q building permits rise 6.5%

PROVIDENCE – Single-family home building permits in Rhode Island cities and towns increased 6.5 percent in the second quarter, as 409 permits were issued,...

Island trust looks to preserve farms

The line of five wooden Holstein cows facing north and five wooden Belted Galloway beef cattle facing south on North Main Street in Jamestown...

Greater Providence YMCA re-launches Web site

PROVIDENCE – The Greater Providence YMCA Association has re-launched its Web site, www.ymcagreaterprovidence.org, with links for the first time to its nine Rhode Island...

A powered prosthetic mimics calf muscle’s movement

The most striking thing about the demonstration was how ordinary the two men looked. Pacing across the stage – first slowly, then fast –...
THE DESIGN for a mixed-use artist community on the edge of the 200-acre Sandywood Farm in Tiverton has won an award for its application of New Urbanism concepts to a rural site. /

Tiverton farm project wins New Urbanism award

The design for the $14 million mixed-use artist community on the 200-acre Sandywood Farm has garnered a 2007 Charter Award from the Congress for...
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