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Tips to get fit and have fun

Two of the most popular New Year’s resolutions are to exercise more and to lose weight. New year, new you – right? However, by...
Jason Arabian

A few tips to avoid tax season scams

Tax season is stressful enough without having to worry about scammers trying to take your hard-earned money and private information. Business owners and residents...

Five Questions With: Meshell Adamo

Entrepreneur Meshell Adamo recently partnered with local business owner Al Costantino to renovate the long-vacant Glocester landmark known as the Purple Cat Restaurant. The...

Five Questions With: Bryan Baptiste

Bryan Baptiste was recently named senior vice president of operations for CME Credit Union in Cranston. Baptiste has 20 years of experience in the...

Five Questions With: Sebastiaan Foppema

Sebastiaan Foppema is CEO and general manager of instED, a mobile health care provider that provides emergency care to patients who would otherwise wind...
PROGRAM PARKED: Brian Palmer is the director of training for the Teamsters Local 251 Driving School, which offers commercial driver’s license certification training through a partnership with Real Jobs RI. The program has been temporarily shuttered due to the COVID-19 pandemic. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Is union influence waning in Rhode Island?

Rhode Island remains the most unionized state in New England, but the percentage of union members among its workforce dropped from 17.8% to 15.7%...

Five Questions With: Amanda DeGrace

Amanda DeGrace has served as the director of real estate at the Providence Department of Planning and Development since March 2021. DeGrace, who in...

Five Questions With: Josh Domingues

Josh Domingues is the founder and CEO of the Flashfood app, which is now in select Rhode Island stores. It’s used by grocers to...

Five Questions With: Margaux Morisseau

Margaux Morisseau serves as co-chair of the Rhode Island Payday Lending Reform Coalition, which advocates for stricter requirements capping interest on payday loans in...

Five Questions With: Dr. Kwame Dapaah-Afriyie

Dr. Kwame Dapaah-Afriyie, an internal medicine specialist known as a hospitalist, has been appointed to serve a four-year term as governor of the Rhode...
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