Friday Jul 3 | Providence Journal
R.I.'s small-batch coffee roasters doing well despite recession
In a state where the official drink is coffee-flavored milk, it should come as no surprise that despite the recession there's a niche in the java-based business world that is perking along nicely.
S. Kingstown firefighter dies after ladder-truck accident
A South Kingstown firefighter who was critically injured Monday while working on a ladder truck at the Kingston Fire District has died, a fire department spokesman announced.
Former Chrysler dealer to take fight for franchises to US District Court
A pair of former Chrysler LLC dealerships has filed an appeal of a bankruptcy judge's order terminating their franchises and those of more than 700 others as part of Chrysler's restructuring plan.
The Carothers Years: After past tumult, AD's office finds stability under Bjorn
Robert L. Carothers is completing an 18-year term as president at the University of Rhode Island.
Boy struck by trailer released from Hasbro
Taking the news pulse of Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts, by Providence Journal and projo.com staff, from 7 to 7, every business day The police have not released the boy's name, nor have they said who was driving when the boy was struck near his house on Diane Drive in Kingston at about 5 p.m. Saturday.
Ask questions to make most of garden tours
A cultivar of the honeysuckle family grows along a native stone wall on the property of Carolyn and Richard Curtis in Narragansett, one of several gardens on the South County Garden Tour to benefit the Kingston Congregational Church.
URI researchers working on renewable fuels
At the University of Rhode Island, researchers are working to turn switchgrass into a renewable fuel.
Bernard LaFayette Jr., senior scholar-in-residence at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University, will oversee the University of Rhode Island's Youth Nonviolence Leadership Academy training for certification in Kingian Nonviolence for youths from July 14-17 in Atrium 1 of Memorial Union, 50 Lower College Rd., Kingston.
URI students, and another teen accused of sexual assault
Two students from URI and a third person accused of assault that occured on the school's South Kingston campus back in September.
Station House - West Kingston RI
Sunday morning after very wet Saturday evening camping, we happened upon the Station House on 138 not far from the Kingston Amtrak station.
Rhode Island college graduations, URI, PC Salve Regina
Thousands of college graduates are heading into one of the toughest job markets in three decades.
Acres of amazing azaleas at the Kinney Gardens in Kingston
Rhode Island is blessed with many beautiful gardens, but none is as explosively colorful as the Kinney Azalea Gardens on Kingstown Road near the University of Rhode Island's East Farm.
Final candidate for URI presidency visits Kingston campus; decision expected May 11
The role of the University of Rhode Island is to educate students for the future - "for careers that do not yet exist that are based on technology and knowledge not yet known," says David M. Dooley, a finalist for the university presidency.
Ex-Gov. Sundlun's driving record
Over the last few years, former Gov. Bruce Sundlun has been accused of speeding and aggressive driving.
Police told driver was texting when car hit cruiser
If drinking and driving don't mix, then neither do drinking, driving and text-messaging. That in effect was what the police said on Monday after charging a man with rear-ending a police cruiser and injuring its operator.
Candidate to head URI spells out vision
He is only a candidate for the presidency of the University of Rhode Island, but Robert D. Newman, a dean at the University of Utah, spoke Thursday with convincing authority about the issues facing URI in challenging economic times.
Two opportunities to learn a foreign language, both through immersion, will be offered this summer at the University of Rhode Island.
MoneyLine: Stimulus law lifts pensions, paychecks
A sharp-eyed pensioner from Providence noticed that the amount of federal income tax withheld from her pension-related annuity has declined.
2009 Crabman Sprint Triathlon Scheduled in South Kingstown, Rhode Island
An avid athlete herself Kathy Robbins is the brains behind the Crabman Sprint Triathlon.
Phillipe and Jorge have words of wisdom for Brown University's idiotic, uber-politically correct faculty members who voted to drop Columbus Day and substitute a "Fall Weekend" at the behest of student group called Native Americans at Brown.
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