Warwick Sees Big Turnout for Small Business Saturday
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Small Business Saturday organizers and business owners reported record sales at Crowne Plaza Warwick, left, and CCRI, right on Nov. 30, 2019.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Small-Business-Saturday-Venues-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — Small Business Saturday drew thousands of shoppers to Crowne Plaza Warwick and CCRI, where many business owners reported their best sales day of the year. Some crafters […]
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Driver in CCRI Crash Gets License Suspension
WARWICK, RI — A West Warwick woman whose car crashed at the entrance to Community College of Rhode Island in August has had her license suspended for seven months, and […]
![[CREDIT: CCRI] Sean Collins is the new Chief of Police at CCRI.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Sean_Collins_CCRI-140x140.jpg)
Collins Named CCRI Chief of Police
WARWICK, RI — The Community College of Rhode Island has hired retired Warwick Police Major Sean Collins as its Chief of Police and Director of Public Safety, which he held […]
![[CREDIT: CCRI] Hello Broadway' returns to the Knight Campus’ June 21 -23.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/CCRI-hello-broadway-2019-140x140.jpg)
CCRI Presents ‘Hello Broadway’ June 21-23
WARWICK, RI — The Community College of Rhode Island’s Performing Arts Department 11th annual production of ‘Hello Broadway’ returns to the Knight Campus’ Bobby Hackett Theater Friday, June 21. The […]
![[CREDIT: CCRI] Kerstyn Desjardin, who performed in CCRI Summer Rep's "Macbeth" last summer, plays Marina, the lead character in "Bedtime Stories," which will be staged at CCRI's Knight Campus this week.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/CCRI-Bedtime-Stories-140x140.jpeg)
CCRI Players, Seed & Ivy Theatre Present ‘Bedtime Stories’
WARWICK — The Community College of Rhode Island Players and Seed & Ivy Theatre Co. collaborate to bring “Bedtime Stories” this Thursday thru Saturday at the Knight Campus, about a […]
![[CREDIT: CCRI] Courtney Cassidy of Tiverton (from left), Madison Ritchey of Portsmouth and Julia Egan of Cranston play Babe, Lenny and Meg Magrath in the CCRI Players’ production of “Crimes of the Heart.”](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/CCRI-Crimes-of-the-Heart-140x140.jpg)
CCRI Players to present ‘Crimes of the Heart’
WARWICK, RI — The Community College of Rhode Island Players will present “Crimes of the Heart” by Beth Henley from Feb. 28 to March 3 in the Bobby Hackett Theater […]
![[CREDIT: CCRI] Irina V. Diffley of Warwick recently was inducted into the Gamma Lambda Chapter of Alpha Delta Nu nursing honor society at CCRI. Pictured above, Professor Linda A. Ethier pins Diffley at the ceremony.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Irina-Diffley-140x140.jpg)
CCRI Students Inducted into Nursing Honor Society
WARWICK, RI — The Gamma Lambda Chapter of Alpha Delta Nu nursing honor society inducted 22 new members, including one Warwick resident, at the Community College of Rhode Island on […]
CCRI Hosts RI Promise Scholarship Enrollment Days June 19, July 26
CCRI will host two enrollment days this summer to help Rhode Island high school grads enroll with free tuition under the RI Promise scholarship..
‘Pillow Talk at Knight’ Exhibits through March 23
The Community College of Rhode Island’s Knight Campus Art Gallery presents “Pillow Talk at Knight,” an immersive video installation by Sarah Halpern and Tim Geraghty, through March 23.
RI Passes $9.2 Billion Budget, Free CCRI Tuition, Car Tax Phaseout
Rhode Island’s $9.2 billion 2018 state budget passed in the state senate Thursday and was signed by Gov. Gina Raimondo, along with the $2.7 million Rhode Island Promise Scholarship program, allowing the state’s recent high school graduates to enroll at the Community College of Rhode Island tuition-free this fall.
CCRI Knight Campus Cancels Classes After Wind Damages Roof
WARWICK, RI — Community College of Rhode Island’s Knight Campus at 400 East Ave. cancelled classes at 3:30 p.m. Thursday as high winds began blowing debris off the roof, asking students to leave the building and campus immediately.
Something Fishy Enrolls in Goldman Sachs’ 10,000 Small Businesses Program
Kurt Harrington, CEO of boutique aquarium design studio Something Fishy, treated Mayor Scott Avedisian to a site tour Wednesday at the 1185 Jefferson Blvd. showroom to celebrate his company’s participation in Rhode Island’s Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses initiative.
