State awards $5.9M in housing, community development grants
PROVIDENCE – Fourteen local cities and towns received 31 housing and community development grants totaling $5.9 million from the state, Gov. Daniel J. McKee...
Brown University acquires leased space at South Street Landing for $54M
PROVIDENCE – Brown University for the last six years has called a portion of South Street Landing within the city’s jewelry district as its...
CIC Providence GM to lead innovation network’s New England region
PROVIDENCE – Stacey Messier, general manager of CIC Providence LLC, will soon oversee CIC's New England region in addition to her Ocean State responsibilities.
As...
R.I. Foundation awards $530K in grants to 23 animal support entities
PROVIDENCE – Twenty-three animal support nonprofits and entities received $530,000 from the Rhode Island Foundation Tuesday to help support a range of services to...
Middletown child care center pays $7K to settle ADA complaint
MIDDLETOWN – A local child care center will pay $7,000 to settle allegations it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act for disenrolling an autistic...
PBN acquired by Woodward Communications Inc.; Brisson named publisher
PROVIDENCE – Providence Business News on Tuesday announced that it has been acquired by Iowa-based Woodward Communications Inc., an employee-owned company, and that Annemarie...
DESIGNxRI awards 10 businesses $172K in seed funding
PROVIDENCE – Ten local small businesses received $172,000 in seed funding from DESIGNxRI as part of the organization’s 2024 Design Catalyst Program, the design...
URI College of Pharmacy, Providence VA form research partnership
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island's College of Pharmacy is collaborating with the Providence VA Medical Center on a new research partnership.
The...
Officials cut ribbon on new Spaziano Elementary School in Providence
PROVIDENCE – State and city education officials on Friday formerly cut the ribbon on the new Frank D. Spaziano Elementary School building as part...
Is it fair to third-year students for colleges to mandate that they live on...
Six of the Rhode Island’s 10 four-year colleges – all of them private – require students to live on campus for at least their...
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