Preserve R.I. seeks fall ‘mini-grant’ applicants
PROVIDENCE – Preserve Rhode Island, the statewide historic preservation education and advocacy group, says the deadline is nearing for “mini-grants” to aid local historic...
North Providence teacher wins national honors
NORTH PROVIDENCE – In a surprise ceremony this morning, Janine Napolitano, chair of the English department at North Providence High School, was honored with...
Morgan Stanley wins approval of settlement
Morgan Stanley, the second-biggest U.S. securities firm by market value, has won final approval of a $46 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit over...
McDonald’s to pay $7.2M in strip-search lawsuit
McDonald’s Corp., the world’s largest restaurant company, must pay $6.1 million to an ex-worker who was strip-searched and sexually assaulted at one of its...
Lawyers on boards play crucial role
When the Blackstone Valley Advocacy Center bought and expanded into a new building in the early 1990s, Joseph M. DiOrio, a board member and...
Students get real-world education
Kim Ahern is a second-year law student, but she didn’t expect to get this type of hands-on education so early in her legal career.
Ahern...
URI symposium tackles key waterfront challenges
During John Bullard’s time as mayor of New Bedford from 1986 to 1992, a developer proposed building a Sheraton Hotel on the State Pier....
Experts join forces to help with construction risks
In every construction project there is the potential for injuries, mistakes and outright calamities. The project owner and the general contractor do their part...
Residents learn firsthand about their patients’ lives
They work up to 80 hours per week, shadowing doctors, helping out in the wards and treating patients in the walk-in clinic. They are...
A bounty of Italian fabric to inspire RISD students
If the Italian Trade Commission’s goal is to promote trade between Italy and other countries, what better way to do so than to expose...