Patrick proposes ‘historic’ $2B higher-ed bond
BOSTON – Gov. Deval L. Patrick today is filing a 10-year, $2 billion higher-education bond measure with the Mass. Legislature that he described as...
ACEEE honors National Grid efficiency programs
WASHINGTON – The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) has named 10 National Grid programs to its annual list of the nation’s most...
Bryant honored as national child-advocacy leader
WASHINGTON – Elizabeth Burke Bryant, executive director of Rhode Island Kids Count, has been honored by Voices for America’s Children with the group’s...
Lifespan’s Klein replaces Martin on STAC board
PROVIDENCE – Dr. Arthur Klein has been appointed to the governing board of the R.I. Science & Technology Advisory Council (STAC).
“Dr. Klein will...
Chamber elects Nortek’s Cooney as new chairman
PROVIDENCE – Edward J. Cooney, vice president and treasurer of Nortek Inc., has been elected to a two-year term as chairman of the board...
SBA probes role of gender in business
Liliana Dolan, president and founder of Temporarily Yours Inc., started the Warwick-based staffing company almost 10 years ago mostly because of her family, she...
Reinventing industrial landscapes
Most of the Industrial Age mills being redeveloped throughout the state were not built originally to be attractive for the factory workers filtering in...
NEIT starts program in construction management
WARWICK – The New England Institute of Technology has launched a new bachelor’s degree program in construction management technology.The first classes are scheduled to...
Sleeping at the fort once again
More than a century ago, the dark, close quarters in the bowels of Fort Adams housed military officers assigned to the sprawling fort overlooking...
State grant boosts URI’s energy-related research
KINGSTON – The R.I. Office of Energy Resources is awarding the University of Rhode Island’s Division of Research and Economic Development a $150,000 grant...
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