Five R.I. school districts receive electric school bus fleet
PROVIDENCE – Five Ocean State school districts will receive a total of 45 electric school buses under a $12.4 million federal allocation.
The funding, awarded...
Codianni named New Urban Arts executive director
PROVIDENCE – Jannelle Codianni, the former executive director of Framingham, Mass.-based atac: downtown arts + music, is shifting her career south and will hold...
URI Coastal Resources Center receives $13M for Madagascar marine conservation project
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island Coastal Resource Center at the college's Graduate School of Oceanography has received a $13 million grant...
Friar Family Collective to hold ‘AMP Experience’ public basketball play event in July
PROVIDENCE – If you have ever wondered what it is like to play in the same arena and floor as the Providence College men’s...
R.I. Foundation, state award $1.3M to 19 nonprofits addressing opioid crisis
PROVIDENCE – Nineteen local nonprofits working on the front lines of addressing Rhode Island’s opioid crisis received $1.3 million in grants from the Rhode...
RIC researchers forecast continued rise in teen employment this summer
PROVIDENCE – Following a decade-plus slump, Rhode Island teenagers last year led most of the U.S. in an overall increase in teen summer employment...
Centreville Bank awards $60K in scholarships to 15 students
WEST WARWICK – Centreville Bank is awarding $60,000 in scholarships to 15 high school seniors after creating two new scholarship funds to award $30,000...
PBN announces 40 Under Forty honorees
PROVIDENCE – Forty young professionals have been chosen as the winners of Providence Business News’ 20th annual 40 Under Forty Awards program.
The honorees were...
Fall River names new school superintendent; committee member quits in protest
FALL RIVER – The city has a new superintendent of schools, following a contentious vote that's also left the school committee with a sudden...
PBN recognizes 2024 Best Places to Work in festive atmosphere
WARWICK – Two insurance companies, a construction company and an automotive and travel services agency were recognized among 67 honorees in Providence Business News’...
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