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Balance avoids burnout

Revive has been on a mission to tackle the mental health crisis that continues to plague our communities. As business and community leaders, we all...
FAMED SCOUT: Nancy Armstrong, center, is presented with the inaugural Hall of Fame award from the Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England. Pictured with Armstrong are Girl Scouts CEO Dana Borrelli-Murray, left, and Girl Scouts Director of Properties and Facilities William Webster. 
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Armstrong receives Girl Scouts Hall of Fame award

NANCY ARMSTRONG, a North Kingstown resident and longtime supporter of the Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England, recently received the inaugural Hall of Fame...
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Five Questions With: Lindsey Ramirez

1. You were promoted to director in June. What is your vision for the Center for Women & Enterprise Rhode Island? My vision for CWE...
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Seafood on display

A coming together of Rhode Island seafood, an iconic venue and a cause that everyone can get behind promises to make for a memorable...
CONNECTORS: Jennifer Hawkins, left, CEO and president of the nonprofit ONE Neighborhood Builders, and David Marble, CEO and president of OSHEAN Inc., check new network antennae on the roof of ONE Neighborhood Builders’ Providence headquarters. The antennae are helping to provide free Wi-Fi to residents in the Olneyville neighborhood. 
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Olneyville’s free internet narrows digital divide 

During a pandemic Zoom meeting from home, Jennifer Hawkins had a revelation. The CEO and president of the nonprofit ONE Neighborhood Builders felt guilty for...

Love ‘Slack’?

In addition to email, does your company utilize Slack or other digital messaging systems with employees? Yes: 67% No: 33% Has digital communication at your company increased...
CHANGE MAKER? ­Patrick Crowley, secretary-treasurer for the Rhode Island AFL-CIO, says the wage theft law will alter the way management at many companies treats its employees when it comes to paying wages. 
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AG: New wage theft law is pro-business, too

For more than four years Attorney General Peter F. Neronha sought to adjust an oversight in state law that he argues could have been...

BankNewport collecting socks for adults, children in need

ALL ABOUT SOLE: BankNewport employees collectively throw socks into the air in announcing the Newport-based bank’s “Kind Heart Warm Soles” campaign. The initiative, which runs...
MELISSA CARDEN has been appointed the Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence's new executive director. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND COALITION AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE

Carden named R.I. Coalition Against Gun Violence’s new executive director

PROVIDENCE – Melissa Carden, a communication strategist who has expertise in policy, has been appointed as the Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence’s new...

Burrillville’s Sollitto named 2024 R.I. Superintendent of the Year

PROVIDENCE – Burrillville School Superintendent Michael Sollitto has been named the 2024 Rhode Island Superintendent of the Year. Sollitto was selected by the Rhode Island...
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