Tag: Roger Williams Park Zoo
Editor’s Choice: Save The Bay Swim celebrates 43 years
EDITOR’S CHOICE
Save The Bay Swim celebrates 43 years SAVE THE BAY INC. will hold its 43rd annual swim, the organization’s largest fundraiser. The 1.7-nautical-mile,...
Editor’s Choice: Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce to hold congressional breakfast
EDITOR’S CHOICE
Greater Providence Chamber to hold congressional breakfast THE GREATER PROVIDENCE Chamber of Commerce will hold a congressional breakfast featuring Rhode Island’s congressional...
PBN on WJAR-TV, March 25, 2019
The nation’s third-oldest zoo has grand expansion plans. Can it raise the $60 million needed to get there?
Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy...
Can a zoo boost the economy?
Adults and kids stare, almost unblinking, at the sleek bodies of giant river otters gliding dreamily in figure eights through their tank.
The human faces...
Five Questions With: Lou Perrotti
Lou Perrotti, director of conservation programs at Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, is an experienced, broad-based conservationist and zoologist with more than 20...
5 R.I. nonprofits awarded $128K to protect against terrorist attacks
PROVIDENCE – Five nonprofits in Rhode Island were awarded a total of $128,000 in federal grants through the fiscal 2018 Department of Homeland Security’s...
Commerce RI releases 4 new “Fun-Sized” ads
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corp. released four new ads from the “Fun-Sized” tourism campaign Wednesday.
The new 10-second ads feature The Breakers, the Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular...
Expenses, support and new species outlined in RWP Zoo 2017 annual...
PROVIDENCE - In its 2017 Annual Report published Tuesday, the Roger Williams Park Zoo announced the nonprofit netted more than $10.1 million in support...
Providence’s neighborhoods in the spotlight with new online guides
On a sunny, June afternoon, two women stop to greet one another – one entering, one exiting Seven Stars Bakery on Hope Street, on...
Outdoors a draw for summer outings
The state’s array of outdoor amenities gives businesses a host of options beyond the stereotypical hotel ballroom for summer team-building getaways and other staff...