Businesses work to get back to normal after record snowfall, albeit unevenly

PROVIDENCE – Short-staffing, work backlogs, power outages and, of course, mountains of snow greeted workers and employers as business began reopening across the state after the historic Blizzard of ’26. Becky De Mello, manager of Clements Marketplace in Portsmouth, said that when they reopened on Tuesday after a one-day hiatus, the store operated most of