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UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Michelle Wilcox, CEO and president of Crossroads Rhode Island, stands in front of the Summer Street Apartments project in Providence in 2024. It’s Crossroads’ five-story building featuring 176 single-bed residences for those who were previously homeless. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

For homebuyers, landscape grows more discouraging

One word has echoed around the residential real estate sector in Rhode Island for a while now and will continue to do so: affordability. It’s...
STRING SKILLS: ­Machine operator Maria Dacruz works on the production floor of Neocorp Inc., a standard and technical rope and bungee cord maker in Pawtucket. Neocorp was among the local manufacturers that dealt with inflated tariffs in 2025. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

It hasn’t been easy for R.I. factories

Manufacturers throughout the U.S. have largely spent the past year-plus reeling from rapidly shifting tariffs implemented under President Donald Trump, and Rhode Island companies...
HANGING HANDS: Roger Williams Medical Center was one of two troubled Rhode Island hospitals – the other was Our Lady of Fatima – purchased by the nonprofit Centurion Foundation in 2026 after taking several years trying to line up financing and obtain approvals. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. healthcare system struggles to make recovery

Massive cuts to insurance, persistent staffing shortages and widespread financial woes continue to vex Rhode Island’s healthcare system in 2026, though the Ocean State...
Robert Rocchio / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Five Questions With: Robert Rocchio

Robert Rocchio | Acting director, R.I. Department of Transportation 1. You stepped into this role as Rhode Island reckons with numerous high-impact transportation challenges....
Michelle Wilcox, CEO of Crossroads Rhode Island

America250-Enduring Success: Crossroads Rhode Island

(Editor’s note: This is the 13th installment in a weekly series featuring Rhode Island’s oldest companies as the nation approaches the 250th anniversary of...
SOON ON 
THE MOVE: 
A pair of elephants lumber around their 2-acre habitat at Roger Williams Park Zoo. All three elephants that live at the zoo will be leaving next year because of increasing health issues as they age.
PBN PHOTO/
MICHAEL SALERNO

ANIMAL MAGNETISM: RWP Zoo left scrambling for money to boost attendance,...

It’s safe to say that nearly all of the hundreds of thousands of people who visit Providence’s Roger Williams Park Zoo each year make...
GIVING VOICE: Ann Clanton, founder and owner of Ann Clanton Communications, is pictured in front of the R.I. Statehouse.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Everybody’s Business: Communications firm allows Clanton to fuse her love of...

(Editor’s note: This is the 70th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
UNIQUE ITEMS: Andrea Belanger, owner of the online boutique and reseller Penny & June Vintage, holds up one of her glassware pieces.
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Belanger sees strong demand for antiques after launching e-commerce shop

In recent decades, prospective homebuyers have largely been met by the color gray when touring houses. “Often, there’s this concept that something completely neutralized appeals...
TICKLING THE IVORIES: Rebekah Zabinski, center, and Esther Zabinski, right, music teachers and owners of Zabinski Music School in Pawtucket, work with Guy Marini, who has been studying for two to five years and is now writing his own music.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Music school strikes a chord as sisters carry on family legacy...

Growing up as the daughters of two music teachers, Rebekah Zabinski and Esther Zabinski had a front-row seat to the value of music education. “We...

R.I. Life Science Hub partners with Pawtucket Foundation for healthcare career...

PAWTUCKET – A new partnership between the R.I. Life Science Hub and The Pawtucket Foundation will help communities that have been historically underrepresented in...
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