Alexa Gagosz

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Nancy Wolanski has been tapped as the inaugural director of the new Nonprofit Resource Center, a hub for the nonprofit sector based at the United Way of Rhode Island.

A Woonsocket woman is in serious condition at Rhode Island Hospital. Police applied tourniquets to her leg to control bleeding after the shooting early Monday.

Dennis J. Hernandez was ordered to be held in custody Friday, charged with new counts of threatening and stalking, after he allegedly threatened to carry out a mass shooting and kill people in other states

The former Brown University coach will remain in custody while he faces a series of state and federal charges related to alleged threats.

“We have not successfully found facilities to put more shelter beds online ... So we need to think outside of the box,” said Jennifer Barrera of the Rhode Island Coalition to End Homelessness.

Melissa Bouchard is the CEO and co-founder of Fusion3 Consulting in Coventry, R.I., which helps businesses shed their need for using email.

Ana Duque is the founder and CEO of The Heal Room in Pawtucket, a zero-waste retail shop that works to prevent the containers from bath, body, and cleaning products from ending up in landfills.

“The property is a total loss,” State Fire Marshal Timothy McLaughlin told the Globe on Monday. He said the cause of the fire that devastated the Harborside Inn this weekend remains under investigation.

Plus, chef Nikhil Naiker, formerly of Fortnight Wine Bar, is wrapping up his pop-up dinner series at Bolt Coffee where he’s serving Rhode Island bounty with Fijian Indian flavors.