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FORMER NORTH KINGSTOWN High School boys' basketball coach Aaron Thomas has been charged with felony second-degree child molestation and second-degree sexual assault.

Former N.K. basketball coach Thomas charged with sexual assault, child molestation

NORTH KINGSTOWN – Aaron Thomas, the former longtime North Kingstown High School boys’ basketball coach who has been accused of conducting body fat tests...
SPACECRAFT: Recent Brown University graduate Marco Cross displays a mockup of the miniature satellite a team of Brown students built. The satellite is now in orbit. 
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Brown students’ satellite in orbit on shoestring

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A BILLIONAIRE to go to space. In fact, all you need is about $10,000, some engineering skills and a...

Five Questions With: Ellie Brown

Ellie Brown is the new executive director of DESIGNxRI. Brown, a design educator, artist and nonprofit development professional, began her tenure as the Providence-based...

AARP Rhode Island awards $44K in community challenge grants

PROVIDENCE – AARP Rhode Island announced June 29 that it has awarded $44,852 to four local organizations in Community Challenge grants to help the...

URI professor elected to American Society of Landscape Architects Council of Fellows

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – University of Rhode Island announced July 12 that landscape architecture professor William Green has been elected to the American Society of...

JWU partners with Providence schools to increase educator pipeline

PROVIDENCE – Johnson & Wales University and the Providence Public School District announced a new partnership to offer individuals associated with the district discounted...
THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION has awarded 48 organizations more than $350,000 in grants via its Newport County Fund. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

R.I. Foundation awards $350K in grants to 48 Newport County organizations

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation announced Monday that it has distributed more than $350,000 in grants to 48 Newport County-based nonprofit organizations through...
PROVIDENCE COLLEGE has received a $250,000 grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations to support a new campus-wide initiative to promote civil discourse across both the campus and surrounding community. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE COLLEGE

Providence College receives $250K grant to support new campuswide civil discourse initiative

PROVIDENCE – Providence College has received a $250,000 grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations to support a new campuswide initiative to promote civil...
BRAMWELL TOVEY, Rhode Island Philarmonic Orchestra & Music School principal conductor and artistic director, died Tuesday at age 69. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA & MUSIC SCHOOL

R.I. Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Tovey dies at 69

PROVIDENCE – Bramwell Tovey, who has led the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School as its principal conductor and artistic director and brought...
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