Portuguese consulate to stay in Providence
WASHINGTON – Portugal will keep open its consulate in Providence, Portuguese Consul Ricardo Cortes yesterday told U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, state...
PPL submits $5M bid to run city libraries
PROVIDENCE – Providence Public Library has submitted a $5 million, one-year proposal for providing municipal library services to the City of Providence, PPL officials...
R.I. shelters see 6th straight record year
PROVIDENCE – In the year ended June 30, the statewide emergency shelter system provided more people-nights of refuge than ever before, including record numbers...
R.I. literacy drive wins Tech Savvy Award
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Family Literacy Initiative, a collaborative effort based at the Providence Public Library, has been honored as one of five...
Digital mammograms coming to Roger Williams
PROVIDENCE – Roger Williams Medical Center next month will receive two digital mammography units, thanks to the Memories & Miracles Committee and The Champlin...
RIC gets $100,000 for student-managed fund
PROVIDENCE – A member of Rhode Island College’s Class of 1989, who wishes to remain anonymous, has donated $100,000 to establish a student-managed investment...
Success is as success does, in football or in business
Don Shula says it wasn’t his idea to get into the restaurant business, but it’s been a successful endeavor: His company’s revenue is reported...
APC joins 10 IT leaders in global ‘Green Grid’
American Power Conversion and 10 other major information technology companies – including fierce competitors – have joined forces to form the Green Grid, a...
Chambers seek business tax breaks, fight key bills
Last year, the Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce Coalition set out to make groundbreaking changes in the state’s tax policy, calling for a constitutional...
URI researcher building ‘trust’ network tools
A computer engineer at the University of Rhode Island has been awarded a five-year, $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to support her...
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