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Cars lost on massive cargo ship could impact local automobile dealers

NORTH KINGSTOWN — The nearly 1,600 cars bound for the Port of Davisville that sank with the Felicity Ace cargo ship likely won't phase...
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Five Questions With: Peter Snyder

Peter Snyder | Deputy executive editor, Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association; University of Rhode Island vice president for research and economic development 1. You...

ARPA funding, education and employer needs among priorities at legislative forum

PROVIDENCE – Universal preschool, meeting business and workforce needs, and how Rhode Island should respond to other pandemic and climate change challenges were highlighted...

Work Immersion program returns with expanded eligibility

PROVIDENCE — After spending much of the pandemic on hold, a long-running state program supporting paid internships is making a return with expanded eligibility...
SUSAN MOCARSKI, owner and principal designer of Providence-based Cleverhood LLC, is eager to make trips overseas again so the company can better connect with distributors and large retailers in markets where Cleverhood's outerwear is already popular. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

For R.I. business community, in-person trade missions making a comeback

As more countries ease COVID-19 travel restrictions, in-person trade missions are making a return, and some in the Rhode Island business community already have...

AG seeks to halt sale of Narragansett Electric Co. to PPL...

PROVIDENCE – The sale of Narragansett Electric Co. from National Grid to the Pennsylvania-based PPL Corp., which gained support from a state regulators, has...

Park Theatre owners to reopen historic venue

CRANSTON — After nearly two years of closure, a new beginning for the Park Theatre is on the horizon. The theater, which has been a...
FRESH ­INGREDIENTS: Master chef Rosa Munoz, of Savory Fare, prepares a home-cooked meal in the commercial kitchen at food incubator Hope & Main in ­Warren. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. considers relaxing law on homemade food

A home-based bakery seemed to make perfect sense to Portsmouth resident Kara Donovan. Friends and family had already asked to buy her creations, and...
PERFECT FIT: Mobile DJ Alex Brown says taking over marquee letter rental company itsLIT RI was a perfect fit with his experience in the events industry. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Mobile DJ breathes new life into marquee letter rental service

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, light-up marquee letter rental service itsLIT RI spread a literal message of “HOPE” around the state. The...
AT A SECOND public comment meeting on the proposed Lifespan Corp. and Care New England Health System merger, many participants voiced concerns that the integrated health system, which would include Brown University, would monopolize the state's health care.

AG denies Lifespan-CNE merger over concerns about competition, quality of care;...

PROVIDENCE – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha on Thursday denied the proposed merger between Lifespan Corp. and Care New England Health System, citing the...
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