Jacquelyn Voghel
Stoneacre Hospitality ordered to pay $571K in wage theft lawsuit
NEWPORT – A federal court has ordered restaurant group Stoneacre Hospitality to pay more than $571,000 in repayment and fees for wage theft and...
FADING FEARS: Despite lingering concerns, businesses regaining swagger
After weathering a year largely overcast by fears of a looming recession, business owners are feeling more buoyant as they look ahead despite lingering...
Storms spur long-awaited action in Providence
The Providence Resilience Partnership has warned for years of the city’s widespread flood risk and the need for more flood protection, but it never...
Banking CEO urges finding a purpose at leadership event
SMITHFIELD – Early in his career, Jay Sidhu didn't set out with C-suite aspirations, he said – but he was guided by...
URI receives $2.5M to study social impact of offshore wind development
NORTH KINGSTOWN – A newly-awarded $2.5 million federal grant will allow University of Rhode Island researchers to study an area of offshore wind development...
Gansett Craft Chocolate wins five International Chocolate Awards
NARRAGANSETT – An Ocean State chocolate-making duo took home five honors at the International Chocolate Awards’ Americas division earlier this month.
Gansett Craft Chocolate, composed of father-daughter team Steven and Ella Schneider,...
Report: R.I. businesses 15th most affected by swipe fees in U.S.
PROVIDENCE – Credit card swipe fees cost Ocean State businesses $2.2 million per year, according to a new report by Forbes Advisor, making it...
Federal court upholds updated shoreline access law
PROVIDENCE – A federal court has struck down a legal challenge to Rhode Island's updated shoreline access law, preserving expanded public access to the...
Five Questions With: Aidan Petrie
Aidan Petrie is co-founder of the New England Medical Innovation Center, a Providence-based nonprofit launched in 2017 to foster life sciences in the Ocean...
FarSounder nets $175K NOAA grant
WARWICK – A recently awarded National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grant will support FarSounder Inc.’s developing cloud-based, data-sharing technology.
Using the $174,971 phase one grant...
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