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STRATEGIZING: From left, Briana Tikiryan, social media manager; social media strategists Jessica Turner and Taelor Washington; and Darren Jodoin, founder and president of PMC Media Group Inc., discuss upcoming projects at the company’s office in East Greenwich. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Digital marketing efforts help PMC Media Group ‘come back’ from COVID...

Business Services 12/11/2020

PMC Media Group was coming off a record-breaking 2019. Darren Jodoin, founder and president of the media and advertising firm, said the business had...

Laura L. Douglas  Bristol Community College president  In 2017, Laura L. Douglas was named the fourth president of Bristol Community College. She previously served as provost of Des Moines Area Community College’s Urban Campus, in Des Moines, Iowa, and has served at community colleges in Japan, Michigan and North Carolina. / Courtesy Bristol Community College

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Coronavirus 12/11/2020

When the pandemic began, “leading with safety” became our motto. How could there be a higher priority for the people you care about and...

SUSAN CHASE, general manager of United Skates of America in East Providence, says she plans to extend the facility's hours of operation to offset a loss of customers due to capacity restrictions that will be in place once she reopens following the state's economic "pause." / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Business owners grapple with Raimondo’s ‘pause’ extension

Hot Topics 12/10/2020

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo's decision on Thursday to extend Rhode Island’s economic “pause” through Dec. 20 means some local businesses will have...

GOV. GINA M. Raimondo announced Thursday during her weekly coronavirus briefing that Rhode Island's "pause" will be extended through Dec. 20. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Raimondo: ‘It’s getting scary in Rhode Island’; pause on economy extended...

Hot Topics 12/10/2020

PROVIDENCE – As Rhode Island continues to lead the world in most coronavirus cases per capita, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo on Thursday announced during...

COVID-19 CASES in Rhode Island increased by 948 on Wednesday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

COVID-19 cases in R.I. rise by 948; record-level hospitalizations still increasing

Coronavirus 12/10/2020

PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 948 on Wednesday, with 14 more deaths, according to the R.I. Department of Health...

MARC STREISAND, owner of Providence-based Marc Allen Fine Clothiers, will donate $100,000 in clothes to nonprofits to distribute to people in need during the holidays. / COURTESY MARC ALLEN FINE CLOTHIERS

Stepping Up: Marc Allen Fine Clothiers donating $100K in clothes to...

Coronavirus 12/10/2020

PROVIDENCE – Like most businesses across the state, Marc Allen Fine Clothiers could not escape the COVID-19 pandemic. Owner Marc Streisand operated two store locations,...

Lardaro: R.I. economy sinks in October after 4 stable months

Coronavirus 12/10/2020

PROVIDENCE – University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro said he didn't think Rhode Island's economy could possibly get worse – until it did. "Rhode...

Residents, staff at nearly 200 R.I. long-term care facilities to get...

Hot Topics 12/09/2020

PROVIDENCE – Residents and staff members at nursing homes will be among the first people in Rhode Island to receive the coronavirus vaccine. The state...

RHODE ISLAND officials say the first delivery of nearly 10,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and approximately 19,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine could arrive in Rhode Island soon. / AP FILE PHOTO/HANS PENNINK

R.I. outlines COVID-19 vaccination strategy, but some unknowns remain

Hot Topics 12/09/2020

PROVIDENCE – As Rhode Island continues to get pummeled by the COVID-19 pandemic – with cases overwhelming hospital systems and shuttering businesses – state...