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Davies High School launches new cybersecurity program

LINCOLN – Students at William M. Davies Jr. Career & Technical High School now have the option to focus on cybersecurity with the launch...

New bike lane in the works along East Providence-Barrington corridor

EAST PROVIDENCE — Willett Avenue will soon gain a bike lane and lose a traffic lane in each direction under a R.I. Department of...

DiPrete Engineering, Building Futures launch R.I.’s first land surveyor apprenticeship

CRANSTON – In recent times, it’s been difficult to find qualified field surveyors – both at DiPrete Engineering Associates Inc. and throughout the U.S. It's a...
WITHOUT A PLANNER: Some towns, such as Tiverton, have gone years without a full-time town planner as they reckon with a housing crisis, other evolving infrastructure issues and new developments. For instance, in 2022, this undeveloped 12-acre Tiverton property was sold for $1.2 million. The new owner has said he has no plans for development. 
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Shortage of planners impeding municipalities

Tiverton’s town planner resigned in June 2022, and it’s a job that still remains vacant more than three years later. It’s a glaring gap as...
‘JUST A TOOL’: Donovan Brady, seated at far right, speaks during a panel discussion at Providence Business News’ Cybersecurity, AI & Tech Summit on Oct. 9. Brady and other panelists say artificial intelligence is creating opportunities for business. Also on the panel are, from left, Joyce Ofili, Amgen Inc. information systems specialist and business systems analyst; Arnell Milhouse, yconic co-founder and CEO; and Tim Henry, professor in Rhode Island College’s Computer Science and Information Technology Department. Moderating is Christopher Parisi, standing, founder of the marketing firm Trailblaze Inc. 
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Summit: Businesses should ‘create a sandbox’ for AI experimentation

When yconic co-founder and CEO Arnell Milhouse talks to companies about leveraging artificial intelligence, he commonly encounters at least some anxiety. The technology exploded in popularity...
PROCEED WITH CAUTION: David Phillips, far left, OSHEAN Inc. chief information security officer, talks about cybersecurity in the age of artificial intelligence at Providence Business News’ Cybersecurity, AI & Tech Summit on Oct. 9. Also on the panel are, from left, Rick Norberg, Vertikal6 Inc. CEO, and Douglas Alexander, director of the Institute for Cybersecurity and Emerging Technologies at Rhode Island College. Normand Duquette, standing, senior vice president at Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc., moderates. 
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PBN summit: Tech evolution brings ‘promise, danger, uncertainty’

In recent years, observers have cautioned that cyberattacks are becoming not only more frequent but more complex. And that was before the explosive popularity...

Following fire, Fuller Box Co. on track to reopen by next...

NORTH ATTLEBORO — Fuller Box Co., a manufacturer with locations in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, expects to return to business as usual by next...

124-unit housing project breaks ground in Lincoln

LINCOLN – A 124-unit housing project broke ground in a long-vacant, former mill building on Monday. The units, known collectively as Walker Lofts, will occupy...

Report: Zero R.I. communities now meet affordable housing standards

PROVIDENCE – In recent years, just one Rhode Island community offered affordable housing options to renters making a median salary. This year, not a...

Longtime FarSounder leader Cheryl Zimmerman retires

WARWICK – Cheryl Zimmerman, who led FarSounder as CEO for about 20 years, last week announced her retirement. Zimmerman had previously stepped down from the...
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