Friday, September 25, 2026

TOPICS

Home Authors Posts by Alexa Gagosz

Alexa Gagosz

231 POSTS 0 COMMENTS
GLOBAL VIEW: Susan Mocarski, founder and owner of Cleverhood LLC, prepares some of the apparel her company manufactures for her store in Providence. With slumping sales in the U.S. because of the pandemic, she’s put more of her focus on boosting sales abroad. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Changes brought on by COVID-19 easing foreign trade efforts for R.I....

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March, Susan Mocarski had to act fast before the crisis unraveled the hard work she had invested in...
CLOSE WATCH: Registered nurse Jessica Pace, left, who works in the Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children’s Hospital Emergency Department, checks the intravenous line of Dolce Contreras, 32, of Central Falls, who is receiving convalescent plasma therapy as part of a clinical trial on its effectiveness against COVID-19. / COURTESY LIFESPAN CORP./WILLIAM MURPHY

Clinical trial on plasma makes headway in R.I.

Rhode Island Hospital is one of 30 medical facilities nationwide testing whether a plasma-based treatment for COVID-19 that has been approved for emergency use...
BREAK ROOMS have been ordered to close in businesses for the next 90 days to prevent the further spread of COVID-19, announced Gov. Gina M. Raimondo during her press conference on Thursday. / PBN FILE PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

Raimondo orders R.I. break rooms closed to limit COVID-19 spread

PROVIDENCE – Break rooms in Rhode Island have been ordered to close in businesses for the next 90 days to prevent the further spread...
GOV. GINA M. RAIMONDO and R.I. Commerce announced Wednesday major expansions to the Restore Rhode Island program by doubling the original grant sizes and extending eligibility to nonprofit organizations and private child care facilities. / PBN FILE PHOTO / DAVE HANSEN

Restore RI program expands to include nonprofits, child care facilities; doubles...

PROVIDENCE – After another bout of political pressure to expand relief for small businesses, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo and R.I. Commerce announced Wednesday major...
PARTS OF Rhode Island's economy is moving in the right direction, but signs of hope continue to be blunted by ongoing issues, according to University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Lardaro: There’s little to cheer about for R.I.’s economy

PROVIDENCE – Parts of Rhode Island's economy are moving in the right direction, but signs of hope continue to be blunted by ongoing issues,...

R.I.’s top tourism job in limbo

Almost five months after the state’s top tourism official resigned, R.I. Commerce Corp.’s promotional efforts “haven’t skipped a beat,” according to the agency’s interim...
TENDING THE DRIPBAR: Shannon Petteruti is the owner and CEO and Ben Crosbie is the chief development officer of THE DRIPBaR in Warwick, a medical spa that features IV therapy, in which vitamins are pumped into the bloodstream intravenously.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

DRIPBaR serves up vitamins through IV therapy

IV drips are typically used to cure one’s hangover, rehydrating someone with vitamins after a night of one too many, and are popular in...
PAPER PACKET: Ashley Breault helps her daughter Maria do her kindergarten work. Breault had to pick up the homework at her daughter’s school, Veterans Memorial Elementary School in Central Falls, after her daughter’s teacher had to go on medical leave and was replaced by a long-term substitute teacher. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Shortage of substitute teachers plagues some schools

Ashley Breault wasn’t sure what was happening those first few days of school in September. For a week, her 5-year-old daughter Maria didn’t have a...
GARDEN PARTY: Paula Pecora Cardi recently launched Cardi’s Custom Creations, in which she teaches those who lack artistic abilities how to make, style and design garden gnomes.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Crafter finds market for custom garden gnome kits

Paula Pecora Cardi didn’t think that she would be able to combine her love for crafts and background in sales to turn it into...
5Q: Leslie Taito
Chief of staff, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Five Questions With: Leslie Taito

Leslie Taito | Chief of Staff, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island 1. Why did you leave your role as CEO of the manufacturer Hope...
- Featured Event -

Latest News