Tuesday, September 22, 2026

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R.I. Coalition for the Homeless executive director stepping down

PROVIDENCE – Caitlin Frumerie, who has led the Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless for six years, announced this week she will step down...

3 R.I. elementary schools named Blue Ribbon schools

PROVIDENCE – A trio of local elementary schools have been designated as 2023 National Blue Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Department of Education. Clayville Elementary...

Pickell, Hazen White among 10 honorees for PBN’s 2023 Manufacturing Awards

PROVIDENCE – Craig Pickell, CEO of Lincoln-based abrasive products manufacturer Bullard Abrasives Inc., has been named the 2023 Strategic Leadership Award winner for Providence...
BACKBONE: Shaun Cournoyer, administrator of nursing and long-term care facility The Friendly Home in Woonsocket, said certified nursing assistants are the “backbone” of the facility. 
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HELPING HANDS: Online classes, grants speed training of desperately needed CNAs

Anyone who has spent even a little time in a nursing home or hospital has seen whose hands do the essential feeding, dressing, cleaning...
FISH FILET: William Bangs, right, executive sous chef at The Chanler at Cliff Walk in Newport, observes as demi sous chef Nicolas Rizzo ­prepares a black sea bass.
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BOUNCING BACK: Manager training widens career path

Think of it as a combination of a Boy Scout campfire game and a classic round of Jenga. Teams make piles of sticks, scraps...
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‘Federal Hill has come back in a strong way’

Olivia DeAngelis has only worked in the hospitality industry and considers Providence’s Federal Hill “a second home.” Now the general manager for both Scialo...

Attracting more teachers will take ‘a collective effort’

Jeannine Dingus-Eason said Rhode Island College remains “on the cutting edge of teacher preparation nationwide.” Dean of the Feinstein School of Education and Human...
HEALTHY CHOICES: Anusha Venkataraman, managing director of the Central Providence Opportunities Health Equity Zone, at Merino Park in Providence, where residents in several city neighborhoods voted to install composting toilets, as well as make improvements at other city parks. 
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These Providence residents were asked how best to spend $1M in their neighborhood

If you were given $1 million to improve the health and wellness of the people in your neighborhood, how would you spend it? That question...
Courtney Pierce

Pierce named Dr. Dana Gurney learning support chair at St. Andrew’s School

COURTNEY PIERCE, a former learning support case manager and teacher at Hong Kong International School, was recently appointed as the inaugural Dr. Dana Gurney...

‘Biotechnology is an industry’

Your grandmother with Alzheimer’s disease, your friend with depression and the people we all know with cancer. ­Biotechnology is knocking on the door of...
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