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BankNewport awards $45K to 5 R.I. organizations

Financial Services 06/20/2022

NEWPORT – BankNewport recently provided $45,000 in grants to five Rhode Island education and workforce development organizations, according to a news release. Recipients are DownCity...

A NEW REPORT released Friday by the United Way of Rhode Island and the Brown University School of Public Health notes that the rate of Black homeowners in Rhode Island lags behind the national average. / COURTESY UNITED WAY OF RHODE ISLAND

Report: Black homeownership in R.I. below national rate

Economic Activity 06/17/2022

PROVIDENCE – Even though approximately 3 in 5 Rhode Islanders own a home, the number of Black homeowners within the Ocean State is lower...

HELENA B. FOULKES announced Wednesday in a new campaign ad that, if elected this year, she won't seek re-election if student performance across Rhode Island doesn't improve in four years. /PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Foulkes vows to improve student performance across state if elected

Education 06/08/2022

PROVIDENCE – In a unique campaign announcement Wednesday, former CVS Health Corp. executive and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Helena B. Foulkes said, if elected, she...

LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS in Rhode Island can each be eligible for up to $500,000 in emergency state funds to make security upgrades to their local school facilities. / PBN FILE PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

School districts eligible for up to $500K in emergency state funds...

Education 05/31/2022

PROVIDENCE – School districts across Rhode Island will be eligible for substantial emergency state funds in order to make necessary upgrades to improve school...

NEIL D. STEINBERG will retire on May 1, 2023, as the Rhode Island Foundation's CEO and president. / PBN FILE PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

R.I. Foundation leader Steinberg to retire in May 2023

News Briefs 05/23/2022

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...

THE RHODE ISLAND Museum of Science and Art in Providence will permanently close on June 1. Its educational programming will be absorbed by the Rhode Island Computer Museum in North Kingstown. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND ART

R.I. Museum of Science and Art permanently closing June 1

News Story 05/03/2022

PROVIDENCE – A local science museum will be permanently closing early next month, but its educational programming will be absorbed by another museum approximately...

Sophia Academy receives $2M anonymous gift

Education 05/03/2022

PROVIDENCE – An all-girls middle school that educates students from low-income families received a substantial gift from an anonymous donor to help grow the...

DANA BORRELLI-MURRAY has been appointed the Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England's new CEO. / COURTESY GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND

Borrelli-Murray named new Girl Scouts of Southeastern N.E. CEO

Education 04/21/2022

WARWICK – Dana Borrelli-Murray, who was recently the executive director for Providence-based education nonprofit Highlander Institute, has been appointed the new CEO of Girl...

LATHE LESSONS: Wilbert Cante, left, and Melvin Shaw, both machine technology students at William M. Davies Jr. Career and Technical High School in Lincoln, work on the manual lathe machine. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Davies students step up for early career launch

Education 04/15/2022

On any given day, workers at Greystone of Lincoln Inc. churn out a half million “safety-critical” components for airbags, car engines and aerospace equipment. But...