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JONATHAN STONE will retire as executive director of Save the Bay on June 30, 2023. / COURTESY SAVE THE BAY

Save The Bay director Stone to retire next June

News Story 09/28/2022

PROVIDENCE – Save The Bay Inc.'s longtime executive director will call it a career at the end of next June. The local environmental advocacy nonprofit...

THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION has awarded 48 organizations more than $350,000 in grants via its Newport County Fund. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

R.I. Foundation awards $350K in grants to 48 Newport County organizations

News Story 07/18/2022

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation announced Monday that it has distributed more than $350,000 in grants to 48 Newport County-based nonprofit organizations through...

Clark named new Southern New England American Heart Association executive director

Education 06/21/2022

PROVIDENCE – Michelle Clark, who has served as development director for the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women campaign for the last three...

Dining out: They’ve got people talking

Coronavirus 07/09/2021

What makes the dining-out experience difficult to define are the parts that at the same time make it so appealing. We discovered this to...

TALENT SCOUT: Jess Hutchinson, a Bank of America Corp. vice president, provides career guidance to employees from Maine to Florida so the bank can retain its exceptional personnel. / COURTESY BANK OF AMERICA CORP.

Hutchinson’s focused on lifting her colleagues

Business Women 05/27/2021

PBN 2021 Business Women Awards Financial Services Woman to Watch: Jess Hutchinson, Bank of America Corp. Jess Hutchinson keeps a sticky note on her desk with...

CRMC leader says agency focus has not changed, despite controversy over...

Government 03/05/2021

PROVIDENCE – A change in the leadership of the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council has not diminished the state agency’s focus on education, analysis...

SAVE THE BAY expects more than 2,500 volunteers to donate time to the International Coastal Cleanup effort in Rhode Island this year. / COURTESY SAVE THE BAY

Save The Bay expects over 2.5K volunteers for coastal cleanups

Natural Resources 09/09/2019

PROVIDENCE – Efforts related to the International Coastal Cleanup will take place from September to October, and are expected to draw more than 2,500...

Five Questions With: Dave McLaughlin

Nonprofit 09/03/2019

Dave McLaughlin is co-founder and executive director of Clean Ocean Access, a nonprofit established in 2006 on Aquidneck Island after surfers grew concerned about...

SWIM CHALLENGE: Swimmers and kayakers in the fourth wave of the 40th Save The Bay Swim get ready to traverse their course from Newport to Jamestown. The 43rd annual installment of the swim will be held July 27.  / COURTESY SAVE THE BAY INC.

Editor’s Choice: Save The Bay Swim celebrates 43 years

Subscriber Only 07/19/2019

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,...