Category : Art & Life

Current President and CEO Neil Steinberg will retire May 1, 2023, after 15 years By Chris Barnett Rhode Island Foundation’s Board of Directors has formed a search committee and selected Spencer Stuart, a leading global executive search and leadership advisory firm, to replace Neil D. Steinberg, who earlier this year announced he will retire May […]Read More

Providence, R.I., September 12, 2022 — Rhode Island’s average gas price is down 12 cents from last week ($3.81), averaging $3.69 per gallon. Today’s price is 53 cents lower than a month ago ($4.22), and 62 cents higher than September 12, 2021 ($3.07). Rhode Island’s average gas price is 2 cents lower than the national average. The national average price […]Read More

New Dog Park and Tennis Court Construction set to begin PAWTUCKET, RI – The City of Pawtucket continues to reinvest in Veterans Memorial Park. The City has awarded a $330,000 contract to Yard Works Inc. for the construction of a new “Bark Park” dog park at Fairlawn Veterans Memorial Park (271 Smithfield Ave, Pawtucket) in […]Read More

PAWTUCKET, RI – Governor Dan McKee was joined today by Senator Sandra Cano and Representative Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung, and community leaders to ceremonially sign legislation which requires all public elementary and secondary schools in Rhode Island to provide at least one unit of instruction on Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander History and culture. The ceremonial bill […]Read More

The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) recommends reopening Scarborough State Beach – South in Narragansett for swimming because bacteria counts reported by the RIDOH State Health Laboratories have returned to safe levels. (No advisory was issued for Scarborough State Beach – North.) RIDOH’s monitoring for beach water quality is now complete for summer 2022. […]Read More