Why the long face?
PROVIDENCE – Roger Williams Park Zoo is asking the public to help name one of its newest arrivals: A baby giraffe born earlier this...
Grow Smart R.I. honored by EBC
PROVIDENCE – Grow Smart Rhode Island has been selected to receive a 2007 Environmental Merit Award from the Environmental Business Council of New England.
“This...
R.I. is 2nd state to sign Geotourism Charter
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Donald L. Carcieri yesterday signed the National Geographic Society’s Geotourism Charter, making Rhode Island the second state after Arizona to endorse...
EPA awards $1.6M for R.I. brownfields projects
PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today awarded 10 grants totaling $1.6 million to help assess, clean up and redevelop blighted commercial and...
World Bank report blasts Wolfowitz
WASHINGTON – World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz violated the terms of his contract when he arranged a raise for his companion, and the agency...
R.I. Hospital gets 5 stars for community value
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital has been awarded a Five-Star ranking by Cleverley + Associates, based on low costs, low charges, healthy finances and...
Conflict puts Providence library branches in peril
An ongoing struggle over the financing and management of the Providence Public Library has left the future of neighborhood branches in question.
The problem has...
Joining forces to help the homeless
Amid rising homelessness in Rhode Island, Amos House has launched a program that pairs up homeless families with local churches to help them with...
PPS lists 11 properties at greatest risk
After a three-year hiatus, the Providence Preservation Society has once again compiled a list of “most endangered properties” in the city, including the Episcopal...
New nonprofit to focus on developing countries
PROVIDENCE – Shawn Rubin, a kindergarten teacher at CVS Highlander School, and his wife, Laura Westberg, have founded a nonprofit organization called Longitude to...
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