Registration opens for 9th annual Rhode Island Trans Health Conference
PROVIDENCE – Registration is now open for the ninth annual Rhode Island Trans Health Conference, a daylong educational and community-building event scheduled for Saturday,...
URI board chair, spouse give $2.1M for new scholarship; latest in major gifts
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island's board of trustees chair and her spouse have given the university $2.1 million to create a...
PBN names 2026 Best Places to Work honorees
PROVIDENCE – Sixty-eight honorees have been named by Providence Business News for its 2026 Best Places to Work Awards program.
Each of the companies and...
Beacon Bank collects 8,200 children’s books for R.I. literacy programs
PROVIDENCE – Beacon Bank has collected more than 8,200 children’s books in Rhode Island as part of its annual drive supporting childhood literacy, the...
Washington Trust delivers 5,000 jars of peanut butter to regional food pantries
WESTERLY – The Washington Trust Co. has delivered more than 5,000 jars of peanut butter to food pantries across Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut...
McDermott named executive director of McAuley Ministries
PROVIDENCE – Christine McDermott has been named executive director of McAuley Ministries, the nonprofit announced Monday.
McDermott succeeds Barbara Haynes, who recently retired after leading McAuley since 2018. “ is...
America250 – Enduring Success: Children’s Friend
(Editor’s note: This is the fifth installment in a weekly series featuring Rhode Island’s oldest companies as the nation approaches the 250th anniversary of...
BankFive’s Medeiros, YMCA’s Coppolino and others honored at PBN’s 2026 C-Suite awards
WARWICK – When Marc Coppolino started as the chief financial officer at the Greater Providence YMCA, the organization was in need of cleaning up,...
Is RIC’s tuition-free scholarship worth the price tag?
As lawmakers consider legislation that would make Rhode Island College’s Hope Scholarship permanent, state and college officials argue that the school’s rebounding enrollment and...
Brown University eyes razing 4 historic houses for new academic building
PROVIDENCE – Neighbors and historic preservation advocates have raised concerns over Brown University's plans to demolish four Brook Street homes to clear space for...
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