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Diossa on tour to link residents, towns with unclaimed money

PROVIDENCE – In these inflationary times, every bit helps, and R.I. General Treasurer James A. Diossa is trying to help. What many Rhode Island residents...
CONNECTORS: Jennifer Hawkins, left, CEO and president of the nonprofit ONE Neighborhood Builders, and David Marble, CEO and president of OSHEAN Inc., check new network antennae on the roof of ONE Neighborhood Builders’ Providence headquarters. The antennae are helping to provide free Wi-Fi to residents in the Olneyville neighborhood. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Olneyville’s free internet narrows digital divide 

During a pandemic Zoom meeting from home, Jennifer Hawkins had a revelation. The CEO and president of the nonprofit ONE Neighborhood Builders felt guilty for...
CHANGE MAKER? ­Patrick Crowley, secretary-treasurer for the Rhode Island AFL-CIO, says the wage theft law will alter the way management at many companies treats its employees when it comes to paying wages. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

AG: New wage theft law is pro-business, too

For more than four years Attorney General Peter F. Neronha sought to adjust an oversight in state law that he argues could have been...
DYNAMIC DUO: True Music Studios owner Nolan Quartaroli, right, launched the audio production studio in 2011 in Smithfield. He recently promoted audio engineer and producer Nick Lancellotti, left, to business partner after Lancellotti helped him keep the business going during the pandemic.
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Turning knobs, polishing walls of sound

For Nolan Quartaroli, owner of True Music ­Studios, the music came first. He still recalls his introduction to production years ago while playing in...
SPECIALTY SHOP: Tyler and Anna Burnley, left, and Chad Hoffer, right, opened Utility in Middletown, a store that sells unique kitchen tools, cookware and pantry items. 
PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Unique kitchen tools, cookware for chefs and hosts

As one of the operators of Mission Burger and Thames Street Kitchen, Anna Burnley knows there are some kitchen tools that culinary professionals simply...

State officials announce picks for cannabis advisory board

PROVIDENCE –  State leaders charged with appointing the 11 voting members of the Cannabis Advisory Board, which will advise the recently created Cannabis Control...

$1.47M in streetscape improvement grants awarded

PROVIDENCE – Ten projects are set to share in more than $1.47 million from a competitive grant program designed to supplement funding to improve...

City releases requests for information for Atlantic Mills project

PROVIDENCE – The Providence Redevelopment Agency on Tuesday released a Request for Information to interested firms to join an equity partnership with the city...

State hotel and meal tax collection suggests industry on the rebound 

PROVIDENCE – After years of middling performance compared to pre-pandemic numbers, state revenue officials on Thursday said tax collections on hospitality-related services have mostly rebounded...
HISTORIC SLATER MILL has seen the number of people visiting increase this year. PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

In Blackstone Valley, effects of national park designation still evolving

State, federal and local tourism officials have for years been working to make the Blackstone Valley and its attractions a source of economic stimulus,...
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