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2026 Inspiring Leaders Awards Luncheon

Smart vacation style essential – and easy

Marc Streisand (LRI '16), Owner of Marc Allen Fine Clothiers: "You work a lot, a whole lot. You also appreciate presenting yourself in the best possible way while you work. But, you deserve your time off to relax and unwind, and that doesn’t mean your look has to take a 180 from polished to sloppy."

Food writer Hollister Moore, 69, king of street food

“I don’t know anybody who loved food as much as him, or who loved Philadelphia as much as him,” said Mike Ritz (LRI '07), a friend of Mr. Holly Moore’s for 20 years. “He traveled the world, but Philadelphia was his city.”

Four TEDxProvidence 2017 speakers announced

The first four speakers of TEDxProvidence 2017 were announced Monday by the Providence Speaking Society. The event, which will be held at The Vets Memorial Auditorium on Sept. 30, will feature Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chanda Womack, Raymond Two Hawks Watson (LRI '15), and Adeene Denton.

Dann-Messier appointed commissioner of R.I. postsecondary education

Brenda Dann-Messier (LRI '87) has been appointed the commissioner of Rhode Island postsecondary education, the R.I. Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner announced Tuesday.

Rhode Island International Film Festival to celebrate 21st year

The Champlin Foundation, along with volunteer community leaders Angela Ryding, a Rhode Island actress, and Anthony Ambrosino (LRI '11), a Rhode Island producer/director, will receive the 2017 Producers Circle Award.

Cox Communications Gives 100K to R.I. Boys and Girls Clubs

A number of speakers took to the podium to give addresses, including Mayor Winthrop, Joe Pratt (LRI '06), who is the executive director and CEO for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Newport County, and representatives of Cox Communications.

Governor signs fiscal 2018 budget

Senate Finance Committee Chairman William J. Conley (LRI '01), D-East Providence, said the agreement frees the state to move forward, “allowing the excise tax phaseout while still providing protections that will monitor its economic feasibility for the state.”

Rhode Island College says it obeyed all rules in granting Montanaro leave, tuition waiver

And the commissioner of post-secondary education, the newly appointed Brenda Dann-Messier (LRI '87), will work with officials from each of the state’s three public colleges to analyze each institution’s tuition-waiver policy.

Providence PD Training Academy graduates most diverse class in the department’s history

At a ceremony held at the Dunkin' Donuts Center, Mayor Jorge Elorza, Public Safety Commissioner Steven M. Paré (LRI '01), Police Chief Colonel Hugh T. Clements, Jr. (LRI '05), and members of the Providence Police Department honored the graduates.

Meet the Young Latino Mayor Who Is Bringing Back His Rhode Island City

James Diossa (LRI '12) became the mayor of Central Falls in 2012 at the age of 27. His victory came at a time when the city was shocked by scandal; former mayor Charles Moreau had been indicted on corruption charges and the city had declared bankruptcy.

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