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RIC to take over Chief Executives Club of Rhode Island

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island College is taking over ownership and management of the Chief Executives Club of Rhode Island, a networking, educational and support...

Small-business optimism still high in Rhode Island

Rhode Island small businesses are more optimistic about growth prospects in the coming year than counterparts who responded to a recent National Small Business...
COURTESY R.I. PARANORMAL ACADEMY
TOUR GUIDE: Frederick Wilmott, standing near a utility pole bearing a poster for R.I. Paranormal Academy ghost tours, leads a private tour in Providence earlier this year.

R.I. a haven for the paranormal

One purported Rhode Island “ghost” turned out to be a squirrel in the attic. Another supposed spirit “appeared” when a scam artist told a...

It’s uphill for local hospitals

At a time when jobs are scarce, especially in Rhode Island, with its 10.8 percent unemployment rate, the health care sector is pegged as...

Westerly Hospital takes first step toward merger

The Westerly Hospital, one of the smallest community hospitals in Rhode Island - whose president and CEO decried the dysfunctional hospital financing system in...
COURTESY CHERYL THOMPSONRIVER RUNS THROUGH IT: A paddler on the Blackstone River canal approaches the Ashton Viaduct between Lincoln and Cumberland.

Blackstone assets seen gaining from park status

To many, the federal heritage corridor in the Blackstone Valley represents a window into the United States’ past, starting with Colonial times and moving...

StyleWeek: Bigger, with broader appeal than before

StyleWeek Providence returns to the Creative Capital this week and, for the first time, offers seating for the general public at the seven-day series...
GOT IT COVERED: Justin Goslin, owner of Sunrise Domes in Glocester, make and installs igloo-shaped geodesic domes, which are used as greenhouses, carports, storage sheds, aviaries, tents and canopies. / PBN PHOTO/RYAN T. CONATY

A round solution to square problems

Justin Goslin was a student studying mechanical engineering about 10 years ago at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and, as Mother’s Day approached, he had to...

Pensions not issue for private sector

While state and local governments grapple with the problems presented by underfunded defined-benefit pension plans, it is generally not an issue in the private...

2 RI businesses among SBA job-creating companies

PROVIDENCE – Two Rhode Island small businesses are among 100 companies in the nation that each created at least 100 jobs since receiving financial...
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