Should the state use a lottery system to award new retail...
The R.I. Cannabis Control Commission on Jan. 8 released draft rules and regulations governing the state’s adult-use cannabis industry.
The unanimous vote started a minimum...
R.I. seventh-best state in the nation for entrepreneurs, study finds
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has become significantly more welcoming to entrepreneurs, according to a study by Simplify LLC.
The company, an independent publication based in...
Everybody’s Business: From coffee to cocktails, Caribe syrup is in the...
Savannah Campbell, a Jamaican-American from New Jersey, could be found in the kitchen concocting barbecue recipes for family cookouts when she was just 12...
For her, design is only part of the blueprint for success
There’s no obvious career path for an eighth grade math geek and ballroom dancing champ. Then again, consider the one taken by Barbara Thornton...
Inclusivity rules at The Crypt gaming space
Ryan Praditkamollert has been fascinated by board games since he was a kid, but it wasn’t until a decade ago that he began playing...
Armed with clippers, scissors, these military vets cut with precision
In the City by the Sea, competition for the haircutting dollar can be fierce.
Newport measures less than 12 square miles, but residents and visitors...
PBN’s most-read stories of 2024
From high-profile corporate layoffs to controversial real estate sales, fallout from the Washington Bridge shutdown and organization leadership shakeups, the top stories of 2024...
Meet the Makers: Warwick poker table maker has played its cards...
(Editor’s note: This is the 28th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
People power hospitality
Farouk Rajab | Rhode Island Hospitality Association, Rhode Island Hospitality Education Foundation CEO, president
At the heart of our industry, our associates are the driving...
Fitness studio offers exercise, education, endurance
After earning her master’s degree in kinesiology, North Kingstown native Erynn Field joined forces with Carina Labonte and launched Tidal Wave Training LLC in...