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Peter A. Mello joined Waterfire Providence in 2011. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Turn uncertainty into opportunity

Peter A. Mello | Waterfire Providence co-CEO and managing director In January 2020, we were preparing to celebrate the 25th anniversary since the first WaterFire lighting and...
SOLUTION NEEDED: Susan E. Enck, a licensed clinical psychologist at Brown Medicine’s Warwick Primary Care, says the mental health system was near its breaking point before the COVID-19 pandemic. Now it’s in crisis. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Pleas to fix R.I.’s ‘broken’ behavioral health system

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, treatment providers, advocates and lawmakers are calling for Rhode Island to confront its problems with access to...

Doctors could be undermining COVID fight

American attitudes toward scientific expertise have become increasingly contentious in recent years. But many people across the political spectrum still place high levels of...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 379, with no deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 379, with no new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Thursday. Hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients...

CDC extends travel mask requirement to May 3 as COVID rises

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is extending the nationwide mask requirement for airplanes and public transit for 15 days...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 314, with no deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 314, with no deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Wednesday. Hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients total...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 336, with no deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 336, with no deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Tuesday. Hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients total...

Elorza launches voter education campaign ahead of pension bond ballot referendum

PROVIDENCE – City finances are not the most interesting - or understandable - topic. But lawmakers are trying to get voters excited about the not-so-sexy...
A NEW STUDY from Brown University's Annenberg Institute concludes that teacher retention rate declines within the Providence Public School District are not as dire as news reports suggest.

Study: Providence school teacher retention rates declining, but doesn’t show ‘exodus’

PROVIDENCE – Declining teacher retention rates within the Providence Public School District over the last three years since the state takeover and the onset...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 680, with 2 deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 680 from April 8 through Sunday, with two deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Monday.     Hospitalizations...
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