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7 hrs ago | Albany Times Union

New England economy seen improving, but unevenly

As New England recovers from the worst recession in decades, Massachusetts and Vermont are posting the strongest gains while Rhode Island and Maine lag, an economists' group said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Northeastern University

12 hrs ago | The Providence Journal

State Education Chairwoman says Chafee still supports Education Commissioner Gist

State Board of Education Chairwoman Eva-Marie Mancuso said Governor Chafee is still fully behind education Commissioner Deborah A. Gist, despite the groundswell of opposition from teachers.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Lincoln Chafee

18 hrs ago | Patch.com

Missing Skippack Student May Have Left Voluntarily [UPDATE]

This story was last updated on May 21 at 2:30 p.m.: The Pennsylvania State Police held a press conference Monday afternoon regarding the disappearance of 21-year-old Matthew Royer , who left the University of Rhode Island Thursday evening, reportedly en route to his Skippack home, but never arrived.

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Related Topix: Skippack, PA, Breinigsville, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Trooper, PA

Yesterday | WLNE-TV Providence

RI lawmakers to review Chafee's budget changes

Every year the governor submits a budget proposal for the next fiscal year and often submits last-minute changes before lawmakers approve the spending plan.

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Tue May 21, 2013

The Gazette

URI, St. Anselm want into Atlantic Hockey

The University of Rhode Island, often rumored to be considering a move into NCAA Division I men's hockey, and Division III St.

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Related Topix: Kingston, RI

Mon May 20, 2013

Patch.com

Missing Skippack Student's Parents Plead For His Return

The Pennsylvania State Police held a press conference Monday afternoon regarding the disappearance of 21-year-old Matthew Royer , who left the University of Rhode Island Thursday evening, reportedly en route to his Skippack home, but never arrived.

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Related Topix: Skippack, PA, Breinigsville, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Trooper, PA

SFGate

URI announces new dean of students

The school announced the appointment of Mary Jo Gonzales on Monday. She assumed her new role last month.

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Related Topix: Iowa State University

Examiner.com

Heather Faubert recognized at RI Agriculture Day

The Rhode Island Fruit Growers' Association honored Heather Faubert, Extension Fruit Specialist at the University of Rhode Island for her Integrated Pest Management work with fruit growers.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Entomology

The Providence Journal

Search continues for missing URI student, last seen in Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania State Police continue to search for a University of Rhode Island student who was reported missing by his family last week.

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Related Topix: Collegeville, PA, Fogelsville, PA

WLNE-TV Providence

URI students create 'greatest good' aid calculator

Students at the University of Rhode Island have created an online calculator for an international relief agency that helps make the case that cash donations after natural or other disasters are better than donated goods.

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Related Topix: Boat Disaster

Sun May 19, 2013

Philly.com

Police seek missing Skippack college student

Police are searching for a Skippack college student who, they say, vanished in the wee hours of the morning on Friday while driving home from the University of Rhode Island.

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New Hampshire Public Radio -

Boom Or Bust? Saving Rhode Island's 'Superman' Building

The iconic Industrial Trust Tower, knows as "The Superman building," stands in downtown Providence, R.I. The Art Deco-style skyscraper, the tallest in the state, lost its last tenant when the bank's lease expired in April.

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Related Topix: Providence, RI, Economics News, Bankruptcy

Examiner.com

At the Rhode Island General Assembly: May 20-May 24, 2013

This week beginning on Monday and ending on Thursday, the membership of the Rhode Island General Assembly will be holding committee meetings.

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Related Topix: Rhode Island Government, Rhode Island

WFMZ-TV Allentown

Police looking for missing college student

Officials are trying to locate 21-year-old Matthew Royer of Collegeville. Royer was last seen leaving his apartment at the University of Rhode Island on Thursday.

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Related Topix: Collegeville, PA

Sat May 18, 2013

Patch.com

Kingston Mom, Son + Daughter Graduating Together

Triplets will graduate from the University of Rhode Island this weekend. Well, not exactly, but they do share the same genes.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Ridgefield, CT, Cornell University, Rockhurst University

Fri May 17, 2013

Beachcomber

Deep Sea Isopods

Imagine a world in total darkness, a mysterious place where few humans have ever traveled.

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Related Topix: Boat Disaster

Patch.com

Still Me, part two

When Janice Wray lost control of her car on Route 95 in Connecticut last year , everything stopped.

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Related Topix: New Haven, CT, Greenwich, CT

Thu May 16, 2013

The Providence Journal

Is Rhode Island only state where campus police are unarmed? No, says PolitiFact R.I.

That claim has been made repeatedly in the ongoing debate over whether to arm officers at the University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College and the Community College of Rhode Island.

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Related Topix: Rhode Island College, University of Oregon

Wed May 15, 2013

The Providence Journal

R.I. Senate panel passes bill to make future college tuition waivers public

Legislation approved by a Senate committee Wednesday would lift some of the secrecy from the future -- but not the past -- award of free college tuition worth up to $26,444 a year to University of Rhode Island and state college employees and their spouses and children.

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Tue May 14, 2013

The Providence Journal

URI police investigate report of an armed robbery

The University of Rhode Island police are investigating a possible armed robbery that occurred Sunday around 11:45 p.m. near Burnside and Aldrich halls.

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