Tuesday, April 16, 2024

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Workforce Board adds green jobs group

PROVIDENCE – A group of companies within the green industry has received a $149,000 grant from the Governor’s Workforce Board Rhode Island to study...

Amica, repair shop give cars to needy

HARTFORD, Conn. – Lincoln-based Amica Mutual Insurance Co., along with the Connecticut Collision Repair Specialists, have provided four rehabilitated cars to needy working families...
DOMESTIC BANK OFFICIALS cut the ribbon at the opening of a new branch inside a Wal-Mart store in Northbridge, Mass., in April 2007. /

Domestic Bank sold to investor group

CRANSTON – Domestic Bank has been sold to a group of private and individual investors, bank officials said Monday. Financial terms were not disclosed. In...

CCRI president is finalist for N.Y. job

WARWICK – Community College of Rhode Island President Ray M. Di Pasquale has been named one of three finalists for the top administrator’s job...

N.B. Whaling Museum gets $1.5M grant

NEW BEDFORD – The New Bedford Whaling Museum is set to receive $1.5 million from the federal government to help pay for upgrades to...
BEFORE THE TRIP: Collette Vacations’ employees put together physical education packs and greetings to children at Tenderfeet Education Center. Pictured are Lisa Corrente, far left, and Bill Dziura, second from right. /

Collette gives supplies to Kenyan education center

A group of employees from Collette Vacations traveled to Kenya on a tour that included a visit to the Tenderfeet Education Center, located outside...
MORE THAN 1,800 pounds of various items were packed at the Amica Insurance headquarters. The items were then shipped to U.S. soldiers in Iraq who were participating in a joint Seattle-Baghdad marathon. /

Amica ships packages to U.S. soldiers in Iraq

Amica Insurance employees from across the United States donated care packages for soldiers based in Iraq. During the past few months, Amica employees have...

Patriots, R.I. partner for team license plate

PROVIDENCE – The New England Patriots and the state of Rhode Island have introduced a license plate benefiting the New England Patriots Charitable Foundation. Joshua...

Spread the word: quell gossip

One day in ancient Greece, an acquaintance met the great philosopher Socrates and said, “Socrates, do you know what I just heard about your...
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Brown supercomputer available to state, firms

For decades, computers were prized resources that only the government and top universities could afford. Today, they are ubiquitous. But as computing power has...
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