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NEMIC receives $100K van Beuren Charitable Foundation grant

NEWPORT – A New England Medical Innovation Center project supporting health care improvements on Aquidneck Island recently received a $100,000 boost from the van Beuren Charitable Foundation. The recent...

Newport Hospital to open new behavioral health unit for adolescents next...

NEWPORT – Newport Hospital will next year open a new unit dedicated to treating serious short-term behavioral health needs for adolescents. Hospital officials held a ribbon-cutting...

Brown Health names new advisers to determine future of Newport Hospital birthing center

NEWPORT – A newly assembled community group has formed to guide the fate of the Noreen Stonor Drexel Birthing Center at Newport Hospital. Brown University Health, which operates the hospital, is considering closing...
WORK ­ENVIRONMENT: Independent journalist Steve Ahlquist taps out a story on his laptop at the ­Rochambeau Library in Providence. He’s covered social issues for a few small local blogs and now publishes on the digital platform Substack. 
PBN PHOTO/
MICHAEL SALERNO

BROKEN NEWS? Outlets in search of sustainable community journalism model

Tapping away at his laptop at the Rochambeau Library in Providence, Steve Ahlquist doesn’t look the part of a pioneer. He began reporting on Rhode...

R.I. Foundation, van Beuren Foundation launch new journalism support initiative

PROVIDENCE – Two local foundations that financially support nonprofits are launching a new chapter connected to a national organization to help reinforce journalism in...
DIVERSION: Walkers heading south on the Newport Cliff Walk are stopped at Narragansett Avenue by fencing because part of the historic walk collapsed about a year ago. Visitors are required to detour through a nearby neighborhood to reconnect with the path farther south. 
PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Is fixing Newport’s Cliff Walk a wise investment?

Just over a year ago, the collapse of an approximately 20-foot portion of the Newport Cliff Walk raised alarm throughout the state. Damage to Newport’s...
THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND has received a $3 million gift from the van Beuren Charitable Foundation to help with the modernization of the Narragansett Bay Campus. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

URI receives $3M from van Beuren Foundation for bay campus renovation...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The pending modernization of the University of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay Campus received another significant financial boost. The university announced Monday that...
VIRTUAL ACT: Brien Lang, right, and Dave Carney perform “Miss You Like Hell,” a musical adaptation of the movie “Road House,” linked via Zoom with fellow Wilbury Theatre Group cast members for a 401Gives Day online performance in 2020 at the theater in Providence. / PBN FILE PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

Nonprofits turn to way to raise money

NONPROFIT Nonprofit organizations are lifelines for communities, helping those in need with food, medical services, education services and other community programs. Those organizations were critical...
VALUABLE PARTNER: From left, Lee Silvestre, Northeast Tech Bridge coordinator, meets with 401 Tech Bridge staffers Miguel Crisostomo-Vargas, marketing coordinator; Linda Larsen, programs and partnership manager; Christian Cowan, executive director; Susan Daly, strategic adviser; and Mary Johnson, manager, at the economic development nonprofit’s facility in Portsmouth. / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Connecting tech fields for a stronger R.I. economy

PBN 2021 Innovative Companies Awards Innovative Collaboration: 401 Tech Bridge When it comes to discussing the reasons for recent revenue growth at economic development nonprofit 401...
NOT CONVINCED: Joshua Riazi, left, manager at Genesis Center, leads a culinary class in February. Riazi isn’t sold on the idea of forming an association to serve as a “chamber of commerce” for the Rhode Island nonprofit sector.  / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Strength in numbers? Some struggling nonprofits eye an alliance

While many nonprofits are fighting for survival amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Steamship Historical Society of America knows better than most what it is...
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