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Brown University increases tuition for 2026-27 academic year

PROVIDENCE – Students at Brown University will see higher tuition prices this fall, as the Ivy League school continues to grapple with a structural...

Newport Art Museum launches new fund for greater exhibitions

NEWPORT – American sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney is considered one of the most influential arts patrons of the early 20th century. Having joined the...

New video footage released from day of the fatal Brown University shooting 

PROVIDENCE (AP) – New video footage from the day of the Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine others was released Monday,...

Care New England, Rhode Island College to establish workforce center

PROVIDENCE – A new partnership between Care New England Health System and Rhode Island College will establish a health care technology workforce center. The center...

Warwick voters reject $50M school bond

WARWICK – Voters rejected a proposed $50 million bond intended to cover rising costs for rebuilding Toll Gate and Pilgrim high schools and upgrading...

Seven Stars Bakery, union reach new contract deal

PROVIDENCE - Employees at Seven Stars Bakery reached a new contract agreement with management securing higher wages, guaranteed raises and increased bereavement leave, the...

URI receives record $2M athletic endowment; renames football practice field

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island has received a $2 million gift from alumni Mark S. Cruise and his wife, Sue, establishing...

Some companies tie AI to layoffs, but the reality is more complicated

The one thing N. Lee Plumb knows for sure about being laid off from Amazon last week is that it wasn’t a failure to...

Report: Warwick voters to decide on $50M school bond

WARWICK - Voters on Tuesday will decide whether the city should borrow $50 million to cover the rising costs of building two new high...
WORK IN PROGRESS: A wing at the new Middletown High School and Middle School is under construction, financed in part by a $190 million bond passed by town voters in 2023. 
PBN PHOTO/­CHRISTOPHER ALLEN

On Aquidneck Island, school merger talks reignite debate

If a child growing up on Aquidneck Island entered kindergarten in the year that Middletown and Newport first broached the idea of merging school...
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