Regional

•The winner of Rhode Island’s Got Talent, the first Talent Show hosted by the East Bay Chamber of Commerce, is Alissa Musto, a singer and pianist from Rehoboth. She performed “Traveling Band Medley,” an arrangement she composed with her father that incorporated Creedence Clearwater Revival, Chopin, Mozart and Beethoven. Musto took home the $1,000 cash prize and will sing the national anthem at a 2009 Pawtucket Red Sox Game.

The second- place winner was Melanie Donnelly, a singer from North Kingstown, who sang “Gimme Gimme” from the Broadway musical Thoroughly Modern Millie. She took home a $500 cash prize.

The third-place winner was the 2 AM Band from Pawtucket with band members Alexander Graff, Max Saccone and Alex Saccone, who performed Stevie Ray Vaughn’s “Pride and Joy” and took home the $250 cash prize.

The contest was held Aug. 16 at Barrington High School. For more information, visit www.rhodeislandsgottalent.com.

•The following students have been named to the dean’s list at Assumption College for the spring semester: John G. Edwards V, Class of 2008, son of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Edwards, 69 South Ave., Tiverton; James M. Farrea, Class of 2009, son of Mr.and Mrs. Thomas M. Farrea,1060 Middle Rd., Portsmouth; Emily J. Vanicek, Class of 2008, daughter of Ms. JoAnn W. Vanicek, 6 Harris Ave. Portsmouth.

•New officers were recently elected to the board of directors for the Women’s Resource Center of Newport & Bristol Counties. Gary E. Lineberry, formerly of Newport, was elected president of the board. The position was formerly held by Christina (Tina) McIntyre of Jamestown.

Lineberry is the managing director of Horton International, a global executive search firm. He has extensive experience in business strategy and the development of successful organizations.

William LeMoult, of Barrington, was elected vice president. He is a former law and management professor at New York’s Pace University.

Denise Patnode was elected treasurer. She is the chief financial officer at the Providence Center. Emily J. Sack, of Portsmouth, was elected secretary. She is currently a professor of law at Roger Williams University and has also written several books on the issues of battered women and domestic violence.

•The following East Bay area students been named as semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program:

Barrington — Meera S. Bhatia, Erica D. Chin, Sara L. Clemens, Audrey F. Dunne, Andrew R. Engvall, Sarah F. Genetti, Anne Kenyon, Kelsey L. Perkins, Amy J. Rasmussen, Margaret H. Tam, Alexandra K. Wardlaw and Benjamin E. Xiao.

Bristol — Mt. Hope High School, Matthew D. Sooknah.

Riverside — St. Mary Academy-Bay View, Bethany N. Ellis, Lliliana E. Martinez and Elizabeth M. Reinhardt.

•Portsmouth resident Erin Wilkey and Middletown resident Erica Frisk have been awarded scholarships from Constant Memorial Fund, which assists Aquidneck Island students studying art and music.

Wilkey is a junior illustration student at Rhode Island School of Design, and Frisk is a junior photography student at Massachusetts College of Art & Design.

•Barbara Goldner and Charles H. Boisseau are the newest members of the board of trustees of Bradley Hospital, the nation’s first psychiatric hospital for children and adolescents.

Goldner, a Barrington resident, is a licensed independent clinical social worker and former nurse. Boisseau is a partner with the law firm of Boisseau & Dean LLP in Providence. He lives in Barrington and is the father of three children.

Barrington

•Barrington resident Lucia Perluck is among five students to be selected through national competition, to receive support from the MJSA Education Foundation Scholarship Fund at The Rhode Island Foundation. The scholarships are offered by the MJSA Education Foundation, a nonprofit educational branch of the Manufacturing Jewelers and Suppliers of America, Inc.

Perluck is a student at Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia, where she is majoring in metals, jewelry and CAD/CAM.

•Gabrielle Sclafani, a student at Barrington High School, recently won an honorable mention in the national “Letters About Literature” contest. She was awarded $1,000 from Target to donate to the library of her choice, which is Windmill School in Providence. Gabriell’s award-winning letter to Wallly Lamb, the author of She’s Come Undone, explains how she connected to the character in her struggle to overcome a loss of control in a large part of her life. Gabrielle has been struggling with an autoimmune disease. Her letter is posted on the “Letter About Literature” Web site and a video of her reading is posted on the R. I. Center for the Book web site. Both can be accessed by visiting www.ribook.org.

Bristol

•Matthew Manchester was recently presented with a $1,500 scholarship from the Bristol Garden Club. Manchester is a 2008 graduate of East Providence High School Career Center and is majoring in landscape contracting at UMass-Amherst this semester.

East Providence

•Riverside resident Melissa Sullivan, a 2004 graduate of East Providence High School, is the recipient of a scholarship from the Beacon Brighter Tomorrows Fund at The Rhode Island Foundation. She will apply her award toward her early childhood education studies this semester at the University of Rhode Island.

•Camila Oliveira, of Riverside, a student at Providence Country Day School, earned the highest score in Rhode Island and a first- place distinction in the Level 1 Outside Experience category of the National Spanish Exam.

•Dr. Melvin Goldenberg, of Eastgate Nursing and Recovery in East Providence, was recently honored with Rhode Island Health Care Association’s Distinguished Service Award, becoming the first resident of a Rhode Island nursing home to receive this award. The award traditionally goes to a long-term care professional or organization.

Goldenberg, known by friends as “Doc,” serves as Eastgate’s Resident Council president. He was one of the keynote speakers at RIHCA’s State House rally to oppose nursing home cuts this past spring. He visits local elementary schools each month with his inspirational lecture series, “Yes You Can” and has served as a student mentor, hosting student interns at Eastgate.

•Army National Guard Spec. Marco P. Darosa has returned to the 169th Military Police Company, Brewer, Maine, after being deployed to an overseas forward operating base in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The specialist is a military police officer with six years of military service. He is the son of Maria Lopes of East Providence.

Middletown

•Veronica Hobbs, director of Advocacy Services at the Women’s Resource Center of Newport and Bristol Counties, has won the Sunshine Lady Foundation Peace Award. The Sunshine Peace Award program recognizes excellence in administration of programs and in victim advocacy.

At The WRC, Hobbs, a Middletown resident, manages the Family Violence Option Advocacy Program.

•The Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation recently presented a visionary award to three-year-old Andrew Doughty for raising $15,479 in 2007. Last year, 38 people across the country received this award for raising more than $6,000 for the Walk for PKD. Andrew received his award during the 2008 RI Walk for PKC, which was held Sept. 21 at Bristol Town Beach. Donations are still being received for this years walk and can be made at www.walk.pkdcure.org/goto/andrew.doughty.

•Sasha Alpert, documentary filmmaker, won an Emmy in Creative Arts category Sept. 21 for her documentary Autism: the Musical.

That film was shown at the Newport Film Festival in 2007 where it won an award. Since then it has won many awards at other film festivals and was purchased by HBO. Sasha is the daughter of Burt and Barbara Alpert of Middletown.

Newport

•Jeffrey Gouveia Jr., of Newport, executive vice president and general manager at Suffolk Construction Co., has been named to Boston Business Journal’s prestigious “40 Under 40,” an annual listing of the area’s brightest business executives who have established themselves as leaders in their respective fields.

•Chris Cox, who has an extensive background as a senior manager in the nonprofit sector, has joined the management team of the International Yacht Restoration School and the Museum of Yachting. As vice president, he will serve as director of the Museum of Yachting and head of development for both organizations.

Portsmouth

•The Portsmouth Public Education Foundation has added three new board members. They are Susanne Clausen, Paul Gallagher and George Easley. PPEF works to enhance the educational experiences for public school students. The foundation has awarded 79 grants totaling over $35,000.00 since 2001. For more information about PPEF, visit www.portsmoutheducationfoundation.org.

Tiverton

•Leonard Larrivee and Randy J. Lebeau, both of Tiverton, were recently recognized for their years of state service during a career awards ceremony at the state Department of Corrections. Larrivee was recognized by 35 years of state service. He is a correctional officer at the John J. Moran Medium Security Facility. Lebeau was recognized for 10 years of state service. He is a correctional officer at the Donald Price Medium Security facility.

•Twelve Tiverton residents are attending college this fall with scholarship assistance from the Stone Bridge Volunteer Fire Department Scholarship Fund at The Rhode Island Foundation. Five of the students received the scholarship for the first time, with the remaining seven receiving renewals of their awards. Awards total $6,500.

First-time recipients include: Kelsey Manchester, a freshman elementary and special education student at Providence College; Rachel Motta, a freshman physical education and health student at Rhode Island College; Kiara Thornton, a freshman nursing student at Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, Fla; Alyssa Wood, a photography and communications student at New England School of Photography and Boston College; and Brittany Wood, a freshman commercial and advertising art student at The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Cambridge, Mass.

Scholarship renewals were awarded to the following: Katherine Crossley, a senior art therapy major at Anna Maria College, Paxton, Mass.; Lauren Ferreira, a junior elementary education major at Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, N.H.; Daniel Iwanski, a sophomore civil engineering student at the University of Notre Dame; Amanda Riddle, a fourth-year pharmacy student at the University of Rhode Island; Amanda Scanlon, a junior early childhood education student at RIC; Jessica Von Villas, a second-year music education student at the University of Connecticut; and Hilary Whitehead, a senior cultural anthropology major at Boston University.

•This year’s photography exhibition and sale at the Four Corners Arts Center was held Aug. 21 to 26. Winners, honorable mentions and judge’s picks are as follows: First place, Leah Cimmelli of Little Compton, “Naked in New York”; second place, Mike Miller of Newport, “Primitive”; third place, Judith Gardner of Warren, “Herreshoff Sloop Anemone”; third place, Sally Swart of Tiverton; “Tattered Treasure,”; third place, Harry Glazer of Providence, “Dying Lotus, Freezing Pond.” Honorable mentions, Tony Stapleton of Newport, “Coffee Cup”; Butch Lombardi of Warren, “The Pier”; John Supancic of Warren, “Sepowet.” Judge’s Picks, David Wilcox of Middleboro, Mass., “The Musician”; Ellis Horwitz of Bryn Mawr, Penn., “Uluru”; Bill Brisk of Fall River, “Port of Entry”; Lori Fitzgerald of Tiverton, “Chevy Headlamp”; and David Weinberg of Allston, Mass., “Hillside.”

Warren

•Leo Shirley Guertin, of Swansea, were honored recently for their continuous membership and dedicated service to the Kickemuit Grange. Leo received a 60-year seal and Shirley, a 55-year seal.

•Katrina Cathcart, of Warren, is among 15 young artists with disabilities selected for the “Green Light” Exhibition, which will opened at the S. Dillon Ripley Center, Smithsonian Institutions, last month. Cathcart, 25, studies at Top Drawer Art Center in East Providence.