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Erin Donovan Boyle

Five Questions With: Erin Donovan Boyle

Erin Donovan Boyle | CEO and president, Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce 1. What are the biggest challenges facing both the Newport County and...
EASY RIDERS: Island Adventures co-owner Nicholas Brownell offers rentals of low-speed vehicles, e-bikes, kayaks and paddleboards for locals and tourists to explore Newport. 
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Island Adventures offers leisure rides by the sea in Newport

Island Adventures co-owner Nicholas Brownell likes to say that if you can ride a bike, you can ride an e-bike. The same is true for...
Meghan Hopkins

R.I.’s new data privacy law will force some businesses to change...

Lawmakers spent years crafting legislation to set data-transparency guidelines and improve customers’ online privacy. Now that it has passed the General Assembly, businesses should...
Matt Watson became Providence-based Polaris MEP center director in March 2023, after serving as senior vice president of Empire State Development in New York. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Embrace those who challenge

Matt Watson | Polaris MEP center director It's not news that people have a tendency to steer clear of change. Yet that’s what working with the...

For ‘indispensable’ foreign doctors, immigration is getting too hard

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed a pressing issue: the U.S. health care system is increasingly dependent on immigrant physicians, but it’s becoming harder for aspiring...

To Savor: The hidden gem of Puglia

Southern Italy is full of sunshine, miles of coastline and a plethora of red grapes, including a hidden gem: primitivo. This grape grows well...

A wake-up call for health care system

The financial crisis that enveloped Steward Health Care hospitals just across the state border in Massachusetts over the past year was a wake-up call...

R.I. Latinas are giving life to the economy, and they should...

Hispanic Heritage Month provides an opportunity to reflect on the impact Hispanics have made in our culture every year. Whether we recognize it or...
Bruce Newbury

10KSB program helping take local restaurants to next level

Small business is certainly the backbone of the economy in Rhode Island. A leading segment of that has to be food service – restaurants,...

Artificial intelligence and the future of work

Artificial intelligence, or AI, is a fascinating and rapidly evolving field that has the potential to revolutionize the way we live and work. “By 2025,...
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