J. Goodison Co. receives $504K federal grant to purchase new shipyard...
NORTH KINGSTOWN – J. Goodison Co. is one of 24 recipients awarded $19.6 million in discretionary grants through the federal Small Shipyard Grant Program,...
Legislators announce formation of COVID-19 Emergency Spending Task Force
PROVIDENCE – Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio and House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello announced April 21 the formation of a Joint Legislative COVID-19 Emergency...
Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation provides 150K surgical masks
NORTH KINGSTOWN – The Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation has distributed more than 150,000 surgical masks to those on the front lines of...
South Coast entrepreneurs want to start businesses despite COVID-19
NEW BEDFORD – Entrepreneurship for All applicants still plan to participate in EforAll South Coast’s Business Accelerator Program when it starts on June 2,...
Polar Park may not open on time if construction shutdown lasts...
WORCESTER, Mass. – If the forced shutdown of construction on the $132 million Polar Park baseball stadium here lasts until June, it likely won’t...
R.I. mortgage delinquency rate declines in Jan.
PROVIDENCE – The rate of Rhode Island mortgage delinquencies of 30 days or more in January was 4%, a 0.6 percentage point decline year...
R.I. businesses approved for $876M in payroll-relief funds; less than one-third...
PROVIDENCE – Over 4,000 Rhode Island small-business applicants have been approved for $875.6 million in forgivable loans through the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck...
G-Form stays open by manufacturing face shields instead of sports gear
NORTH SMITHFIELD – G-Form, a manufacturer of protective pads used in sports, has found new life producing protective face shields for health care workers,...
RISCA launches fund to support artists impacted by pandemic
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts announced April 7 that it is partnering with the Rhode Island Foundation and the...
NFIB: Small-business optimism index declines by record amount
PROVIDENCE – The National Federation of Independent Businesses’ Small Business Optimism Index fell 8.1 points in March to 96.4, the largest monthly decline in...
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