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Warwick tech companies announce merger

WARWICK – Once rivals, two technology companies have announced that they will enter a strategic merger. Vertikal6 and Brave River Solutions will join their services...

RIPTA launches first in-line electric bus charging station in Northeast

CRANSTON – As the R.I. Public Transit Authority moves to meet its clean energy goals, the statewide transportation agency earlier this month celebrated the...

Rhode Island adopts 2024 Energy Storage Systems Act

PROVIDENCE – A newly signed state law will require Rhode Island energy officials to meet a set of benchmarks that prepares the state to...

REGENT Craft secures investment from Mitsui O.S.K. Lines

NORTH KINGSTOWN – REGENT Craft Inc. is expanding its global reach with a strategic investment from Japan-based Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, or MOL, the electric...

URI launches summer 2024 young innovators lab

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A new series of summer programming at the University of Rhode Island seeks to prepare the next generation of innovators for...

Some R.I. auto dealerships ‘significantly inconvenienced’ by CDK Global cyberattacks

PROVIDENCE – Several in-state auto dealers were "significantly inconvenienced" by a June cyberattack against software company CDK Global, says the Rhode Island Automobile Dealers...
HOPPING TO IT: Efren Hidalgo launched Providence Brewing Co. in 2018, and he recommends that any prospective business owner – whether a minority or not – start their journey by doing a lot of research first. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Everybody’s Business: Hidalgo’s brewery unwittingly tapped into historical connections

(Editor’s note: This is the 47th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
AT A STANDSTILL: This 24-acre parcel known as the Chevron-Gulf Oil property in East Providence between the East Bay Bike Path and the Providence River was cleared years ago and a mixed-used project was proposed, but very little has happened on the land. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Projects along E.P. coast proceed, except for one

On East Providence’s industrial waterfront – a stretch of parcels that for decades sat derelict – the ongoing construction of East Point, a 392-unit...

‘Everyone is disappointed’ in Ocean Tech Hub funding snub

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s exclusion on Tuesday from $504 million in federal grants for a dozen technology hubs across the nation surprised and disappointed...

Maria Masse takes lead at North Kingstown Chamber of Commerce

NORTH KINGSTOWN – When Maria Masse stepped up as executive director of the Wickford Art Association in early 2023, she recalls that Kristen Urbach,...
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