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POLICY ­­PERUSAL: Mary Caruso, left, director of business development at Carey, Richmond & Viking Insurance Agency in Middletown, talks with CaraMarie Costa, personal insurance account manager. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

As home repair costs rise, policies may need update

As Tropical Storm Henri approached Rhode Island on Aug. 22, homeowners cleared their porches of furniture and battened down the hatches, fearing the havoc...
SOUNDING THE ALARM: Daniel Egan, president of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Rhode Island, says local schools need to be “aggressive in managing the decline in the number of high school graduates in the coming years.” / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Enrollment ‘headwinds’ coming for local colleges

Colleges and universities in Rhode Island will need to find creative ways to draw in promising students in the face of a steep enrollment...

Block Island cable reburial project to resume in October

NEW SHOREHAM – National Grid Rhode Island will be reassembling crews on Block Island in October with the intent of reburying an exposed portion...

R.I. hotel industry projecting $107.8M less in business travel revenue in...

PROVIDENCE – A new report has found that Rhode Island’s hotel industry is projected to end the year with $107.8 million less revenue from...

Lardaro: R.I. economy posts highest possible CCI value in July

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island economic recovery from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated in earnest in July. The state's current conditions index value...
TRAILBLAZER: Karl Wadensten, CEO and president of VIBCO Inc. in Richmond, was one of the first to create the blueprints for how to safely operate a manufacturing facility during COVID-19 and conduct employee and visitor screening. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Rhode Island businesses suffering workforce attendance issue

PROVIDENCE – A group of Rhode Island business leaders recently held an impromptu meeting and the main topic of discussion was how a lack...

Five Questions With: Jeff Sweenor

Jeff Sweenor is the CEO and president of Sweenor Builders Inc., which he founded in 1989 in South Kingstown. Sweenor has been featured as...

Single-family home on East Side of Providence sells for $1.3M

PROVIDENCE – A colonial single-family home at 130 Slater Ave. on the city’s East Side sold recently for $1.3 million, according to Residential Properties...

R.I. Commerce hires Kimble-Huntley for chief marketing officer role

PROVIDENCE - After a nationwide search, the R.I. Commerce Corp. has hired Anika Kimble-Huntley as its chief marketing officer. Kimble-Huntley will be charged with working...
LAB VISIT: Roger Williams University President Ioannis Miaoulis visits with Emma Place, left, and Alicia Schickle, who are examining the Northern Star Coral being raised in the university’s wet lab. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

AN ENGINEER’S ATTITUDE: At RWU, Miaoulis revels in opportunities to solve...

(Editor’s note: This is the second installment in an occasional series of interviews with the state’s new wave of higher education leaders. You can...
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