Citizens awards $177K toward financial literacy for 10 R.I. nonprofits
CENTRAL FALLS – Citizens Financial Group Inc. is awarding $177,000 to 10 Rhode Island nonprofit organizations as part of the Citizens Helping Citizens Manage...
Clever Real Estate analysis ranks Providence as worst city to start...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island's capital city may be nationally known for offering a high quality of life.
But being a good place to start a...
East Providence business owners decry state’s response to Washington Bridge closure...
EAST PROVIDENCE – For a group of small-business owners most impacted by the westbound Washington Bridge closure, the response from state and federal officials...
Credit card restrictions curbing cannabis sector
People’s Credit Union CEO and President Sean Daly says major credit card companies and financial institutions remain cautious about entering the legal cannabis industry,...
Robotic startup blazing new trail for fire planning
When Erin Linebarger and her partner first entered the XPRIZE Rainforest competition, she was planning on developing robotics that fly just below the rainforest’s...
Samos shares martial arts knowledge with Ocean State Shaolin
Veronica Samos has always loved developing the mind, body and soul connection that comes from practicing martial arts.
After years of training and earning her...
PBN summit: Life sciences, blue economy growth face challenges in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – Justin Fallon, a professor of neuroscience, psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University, co-founded his company, Bolden Therapeutics Inc., in Rhode Island....
NEMIC names Maey Petrie as first executive director
PROVIDENCE – NEMIC has named Maey Petrie, formerly director of program management at the life sciences nonprofit, as the organization's first executive director.
Petrie joined...
Social Enterprise Greenhouse launches GROW Woonsocket to enhance business development
WOONSOCKET – A local business development resource organization is now branching out with a new initiative to help provide support to small businesses closer...
New market brings mix of grocery items to Broadway in Newport
The Market on Broadway is upgrading the bodega concept, replacing the former 7-Eleven at 95 Broadway in Newport and mixing hard-to-find gourmet specialty items...