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STRONGER TOGETHER: Ana Duque, left, and Karen Mejias at their new store called The Heal Room. The two Latina women have teamed up, using their past experiences as business owners to bring a zero-waste store and wellness bar to Pawtucket.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Duo serves up wellness with zero waste

Ana Duque and Karen Mejias discovered the need to merge their business ventures to create a bigger impact and survive amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The...

Mask mandate is over; divide endures

The state may have ended its COVID-19 mask mandate, but now some consumers are making decisions on where to spend their money based on...

Weekly U.S. jobless claims rise for the first time in a...

WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week following three straight weeks of declines. Jobless claims rose by 23,000 to 248,000 for...

U.S. could see a century’s worth of sea rise in just...

America's coastline will see sea levels rise in the next 30 years by as much as they did in the entire 20th century, with...

January wholesale inflation surged 9.7% from a year ago

WASHINGTON (AP) – Wholesale inflation in the United States surged again last month, rising 9.7% from a year earlier in a sign that price...

Restaurant owners score victory with passage of legislation

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Hospitality Association scored a victory on Thursday as state lawmakers approved passage of two bills that permanently allow restaurants...

U.S. inflation jumped 7.5% in the past year, a 40-year high

WASHINGTON (AP) – Inflation soared over the past year at its highest rate in four decades, hammering America's consumers, wiping out pay raises and...

BLS: 16,000 R.I. workers quit in November, up 60% year over...

PROVIDENCE - Anthony Tarro doesn’t have to wrack his brain to recall the last time a worker quit. It was five days ago  - a...

Fishermen sue to end industry-funded monitoring program

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A group of fishing companies in New England is bringing its bid to try to end industry-funded monitoring programs to...
NEW DIRECTION: The restaurant Simpatico in Jamestown has been acquired by Kevin Gaudreau and will undergo a makeover and a name change. In the spring, the restaurant will open as Beech. / PBN FILE PHOTO

Dining Out: Let’s not forget the ‘open’ signs

Two thousand nine hundred seventy-nine restaurants did not go out of business in Rhode Island this week. This bit of news from restaurant row may...
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