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ST. MARY ACADEMY – BAY VIEW’S 150th anniversary gala recently raised more than $1 million to support student scholarships.

Bay View Academy’s anniversary gala raises $1M

Education 12/03/2024

EAST PROVIDENCE – St. Mary Academy – Bay View’s recent 150th anniversary gala raised more than $1 million to help support scholarships offered at the...

HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS on Thursday received close to $4 million in total scholarships from the Rhode Island Foundation. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

Rhode Island Foundation provides hundreds of students $4M in total scholarships

News Story 07/27/2023

CRANSTON – Hundreds of students heading off to college for this academic year became Thursday afternoon the beneficiaries of close to $4 million in...

RIDOH organizes more monkeypox vaccination clinics

Health Services 10/23/2022

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health is hosting a new series of monkeypox vaccination clinics throughout the month of October. The department will partner...

PLANNING AHEAD: While large weddings being planned by Angelic Affairs LLC are still scheduled for this summer and fall in Newport, owner Kelly Teves, pictured in front of the OceanCliff Hotel in the city, says three of her clients that had originally booked dates in 2020 have moved them to 2022 and she’s already getting inquiries about 2023. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

TIED IN KNOTS: They do? They don’t? Struggling wedding industry awaits...

Cover Story 03/19/2021

Planning a destination wedding can be stressful, but what Michele Armento has been through for the last year goes far beyond that. The New Jersey...

BIG LEAP: Andrew Palumbo of Warwick competes in the long jump for the Trudeau Tigers, at the Special Olympics Rhode Island Summer Games earlier this year.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Sharing the joy of competition – and fitting in

Nonprofit 08/09/2019

FOR THE APPROXIMATELY 1,400 athletes from around the state who competed at the Special Olympics Rhode Island’s 51st Annual State Summer Games at the...

LEGISLATIVE RECEPTION: Lobbyist George Zainyeh, left, speaks with Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce President and CEO John Gregory, center, and Robert Wheeler, owner of dog day care center Friends of Toto in Pawtucket, during the Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce Coalition’s annual legislative reception at the Statehouse on March 26.   / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Does R.I. have too many chambers?

Cover Story 05/24/2019

It’s busy being half of a two-person, full-time staff for the state’s oldest wish-granting entity, A Wish Come True. The Warwick-based nonprofit grants wishes...