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Robert I. Burke has owned downtown Providence restaurant Pot au Feu since 1986. A history enthusiast, he created the city’s Independence Trail in 2007. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

‘There’s always a way!’

Coronavirus 04/24/2020

Robert I. Burke | Pot au Feu owner; Independence Trail creator We donned masks, gloves, shoes and hair bonnets, safety glasses and a full-length moon...

Hope Tower belongs downtown

Economic Activity 05/11/2018

In 2005 the tallest building in Providence was to be constructed in the heart of downtown. It was to be built between the historic...

Lost pay from snow shutdowns hurt hourly workers most

Hospitality & Tourism 04/13/2018

As pretty as it may be, snow falls heaviest on the poorest among us, at least in the workplace. The recent run of storm closings...

Open letter to creator of marketing logo

Letters to the Editor 05/13/2016

When you designed a sail logo to represent us to the world, did you not know that sailing is a sport in a death...

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RHODE ISLAND-BASED defense technology company Vatn Systems Inc. and Taiwan's National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology have agreed to explore joint naval defense projects on behalf of Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense. Among Vatn's products is a autonomous underwater vehicle platform torpedo called the S12, pictured, which is produced in Bristol. / COURTESY VATN SYSTEMS INC.

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