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MORE IN STORE: Constantine Simon, left, and his parents, Pleasant Surprise owners Dee Dee Hopkins-Simon and Eli Simon, recently opened a store on Thayer Street in Providence. /

A pleasantly surprising experience

Pleasant Surprise carries everything you never knew you wanted. Looking for a how-to-kazoo manual? How about “Snore No More” nose clips, or the morbid...

Children’s lot in R.I. improves in 2008

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranked 15th in the nation in overall children’s well-being in a nationwide report released by Kids Count today. The state...
FOR THE RECORD: Bob Edwards of Foster peruses the vinyl section at Newbury Comics in Providence Place, eventually settling on a Jimi Hendrix LP. /

Again in vogue, vinyl LPs return for a second spin

Once relegated to dusty basements and considered all but dead, vinyl records are making a comeback. Music stores are expanding their selections, record labels...

Lifespan looks to combine two hospitals

PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp. chairman Alfred J. Verrecchia convened a meeting of the boards of trustees of Rhode Island and The Miriam hospitals last...

R.I. Food Bank saw record need last year

PROVIDENCE – With unemployment at record levels, more Rhode Islanders than ever before sought assistance from the Rhode Island Community Food Bank during the...
DEMAND WILL GROW FOR CLINICAL LAB workers over the next decade, according to a report by White House economists analyzing future job market trends. /

Growth for workers with flexible skills

WASHINGTON – White House economic advisers expect to see extensive growth over the next decade in health care, transportation, construction and clean energy, according...

URI dining hall takes national award

KINGSTON – The University of Rhode Island’s Hope Commons dining center won the best large school multiple concepts/outlets category in a national college food...
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