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Disasters hurt affordable housing most

The tornadoes and wildfires that devastated communities from Kentucky to Colorado in the final weeks of 2021 left thousands of people displaced or homeless....

Want better child care? Try entrepreneurial training

Christine Heer – a veteran preschool teacher – had long harbored a passion to run a nature-based preschool. So in 2015 she opened Sprouts...

Five Questions With: Mark Van Noppen

Mark Van Noppen co-founded The Armory Revival Co. in 1986, specializing in the planning, rehabilitation and marketing of historic buildings in southeastern New England....
STEVEN NAPOLILLO, vice president and director of athletics at Providence College, says the Big East Conference will need to collaborate on how to better position its member schools, including PC, to be eligible for future NCAA men's basketball tournaments. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE COLLEGE

Five Questions With: Steven Napolillo

Steven Napolillo is the senior associate athletic director for Providence College. The Dominican Friars college announced Jan. 26 that Napolillo on July 1 will...

Five Questions With: Julie Principe

Julie Principe, a longtime registered nurse and administrator with Lifespan Corp., began 2022 in a new position. Effective Jan. 1, Principe was promoted to the...
RHODE ISLAND'S TWO MAJOR HOSPITAL SYSTEMS, Lifespan Corp. and Care New England Health System, announced on Wednesday, Feb. 23, that they are withdrawing their application for a merger, after it was rejected in rulings issued recently by Attorney General Peter F. Neronha and the Federal Trade Commission. / COURTESY LIFESPAN CORP., CARE NEW ENGLAND HEALTH SYSTEMS AND BROWN UNIVERSITY

Did Attorney General Peter F. Neronha make the right decision denying...

Attorney General Peter F. Neronha on Feb. 17 denied a proposed merger between Lifespan Corp. and Care New England Health System due to concerns...

Five Questions With: Steven J. King

The Quonset Business Park in North Kingstown recently welcomed new companies to its flex industrial campus, including Survitec, a United Kingdom-based company that makes...

Five Questions With: Ilanna Ball

Ilanna Ball is the owner of Total Asset Solutions Inc. and Finest Real Estate and Property Management, both located in Woonsocket. Ball, who has...

Five Questions With: Susan Figueiredo

Susan Figueiredo joined CODAC Behavioral Healthcare as its new chief operating officer in November. A licensed mental health and alcohol and drug counselor, Figueiredo...
Rick Simone founded EGN LLC, a consulting firm for marketing, public relations and event production, in 2012. He’s served as executive director of the Federal Hill Commerce Association since 2015. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Are you more comfortable dining out, shopping or attending events now...

Crowds have swelled in the capital city since Rhode Island’s statewide mask mandate for businesses expired Feb. 11. But is it a coincidence or due...
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