Dudley and Barbara Brand of Coventry have announced the engagement of their daughter, Kristin Brand, of Willington, to Mark Tomaszewsky. Brand earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Science and a Master’s degree in Occupational Therapy at Quinnipiac University in Hamden.
One day after a Rhode Island woman is accused of rounding up stray dogs and putting them up for adoption, phone calls are flooding into the Rhode Island SPCA from anxious pet owners. They're hoping the
Look younger, feel younger, hang on to your youth. You can't turn on the TV, open a magazine, or log on to the Internet without getting bombarded by the latest anti-aging gadget. One Rhode Island doctor
fire academy pix1.JPG By MARTHA SMITH Special to the Standard EXETER – It has been six-and-a-half months since the ribbon was cut with enormous fanfare on the ultra-modern Rhode Island State Fire Academy on the grounds of the old Ladd School. Some firefighters are grumbling because it’s still not open. So are experts scheduled to be part of the school’s faculty. Source Southern Rhode Island ...
New legislation in the Rhode Island House of Representatives may allow local wineries and breweries to sell their products at farmer's markets in Rhode Island. Currently, these companies are required to go through a distributor in order to sell ... ;
By Kathleen McKiernan kmckiernan@ricentral.com Foremans.jpg PROVIDENCE - The Foremans accomplished one more hurdle in their fight to reform Rhode Island’s good time law when the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the “good time bill” introduced by Sen. V. Susan Sosnowski last week. Source Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Institute for International Sport, under investigation by Rhode Island state police, reported being paid $642,000 in 2009 to organize a peace summit on behalf of a sister nonprofit that had no income that year, federal tax documents show.
( Lifespan ) A paper from Rhode Island Hospital and Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit examines whether different presentation formats, presenter characteristics, and patient characteristics affect decision-making for patients requiring treatment for asymptomatic carotid stenosis. Based on the study, the researchers concluded that how the treatment options are presented to a patient strongly impacts ...
Just 46 couples received civil union licenses in the six months after Rhode Island enacted a law allowing them. The state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union compiled the number, which it calls "embarrassingly small."
EVANSTON, Ill., Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Industrial employment in Rhode Island was little changed over the past year according to the 2012 Rhode Island Manufacturers Register, an industrial directory ...
The little state of Rhode Island is having one big winning streak! Although the $336.4M Rhode Island Powerball winner is still MIA, Rhode Island Lottery officials claim another lottery winner scored some . . .
A nonprofit institute under investigation by Rhode Island state police reported being paid $642,000 in 2009 to organize a peace summit on behalf of a sister nonprofit that had no income that year, federal tax documents show.
Rhode Island's governor has announced the creation of a commission to oversee the planning of next year's 350th anniversary celebration of the signing of the state's charter.
