State launches $5M arts support initiative for local schools
LINCOLN – State elected and education officials announced Thursday a new multimillion-dollar initiative to strengthen arts education in Rhode Island’s public schools.
Gov. Daniel J....
Merchant, Hughes among 30 top businesswomen honored by PBN
PROVIDENCE – Taco Comfort Solutions CEO Cheryl Merchant, the Career Achievement winner in Providence Business News’ 2022 Business Women Awards program, said Wednesday she...
RISCA, five arts organizations receive $988K in grants
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. State Council on the Arts announced May 23 that it along with five local arts organizations received $988,000 in grants...
RIDE, Providence Public Library partner to distribute Chromebooks to adult learners
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Education, in partnership with the Providence Public Library and the Federal Communication Commission’s Emergency Connectivity Fund, will distribute...
SouthCoast Community Foundation awards $97K to New Bedford-based nonprofits
NEW BEDFORD – The SouthCoast Community Foundation has awarded $97,000 in grants to 12 city-based organizations through the foundation’s Polaroid Fund.
The fund, the foundation...
Girl Scouts of Southeastern N.E. donates cookies to nonprofits
WARWICK – The Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England has donated more than 4,500 Girl Scout Cookie packages to local health care workers, first...
Brown publicly acknowledges university sits on Narragansett tribe’s ancestral land
PROVIDENCE – Brown University Tuesday formally acknowledged its campus sits on land previously occupied by the Narragansett Indian Tribe, following a year-long study that...
Heng Thai, former Shiru Cafe building bought by Brown University for $5.1M
PROVIDENCE – A three-story building located in the Brown University area, previously occupied by an international coffee chain known for exchanging free coffees for...
Masks back on in Providence schools
PROVIDENCE – A little more than a month after taking them off, masks are going back on in Providence public schools.
The Providence Public School...
R.I. Foundation leader Steinberg to retire in May 2023
PROVIDENCE – In about a year’s time, the leader of Rhode Island’s largest nonprofit funder will call it a career.
Neil D. Steinberg announced Monday...
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