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Lists: Payroll Companies

Total local employees: 141 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to make additions or corrections, call...
OPPOSED: Randall Rose, a member of the Kennedy Plaza Resilience Coalition, is pictured in front of one of the parcels next to the train station recommended for a new R.I. Public Transit Authority hub.
PBN PHOTO/PAUL J. SPETRINI

Stuck in transit: Is RIPTA’s long hunt for bus hub location...

In 2014, the R.I. Department of Transportation produced a video promising a state-of-the-art transit hub to replace the “overcrowded” Kennedy Plaza in downtown Providence,...
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION: John Faella is the owner of Sterling Cleaners Inc., which is located across the street from the Cranston Street Armory in the West End of Providence. Faella says his business benefits from the armory being used as a sound stage for TV and film productions because crews seek his services when they need costumes cleaned or repaired, which can bring in an additional $5,000 to $7,000 of business per production.
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

For some local businesses, film productions are lights, camera… extra money

Sterling Cleaners Inc. in the working-class West End of Providence might feel like a world away from the glitz of Hollywood, but it’s closer...

Does primary care plan have a shot at solving crisis?

Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s new multipronged plan to shore up the state’s sinking primary care system has some in the industry questioning whether it...

Lists: Rhode Island’s SBA Lenders

Ranked by amount of loans distributed: 1. Live Oak Banking Co. | Amount of loans: $9.7 million 2. BankNewport | Amount of loans: $9.4 million 3. Ocean State Business  Development...

Lists: Rhode Island’s Largest SBA Loans

Total loans distributed: $41.6 million SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to make additions or corrections,...

Lists: Rhode Island Distilleries, Breweries and Vineyards

Ranked by oldest: 1. Providence Brewing Co. | Year founded: 1817* 2. Narragansett Brewing Co. | Year founded: 1890 3. Greenvale Vineyards| Year founded: 1992 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the...
DEVELOPING SITUATION: About 7 acres of land in the I-195 Redevelopment District remain available for build-out. The 195 District Park on the west side of the Providence River, seen above, will remain open space – except for a 3,500-square-foot food and beverage pavilion under construction near the center of the park. 
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CAUTION ZONE? As I-195 district projects proceed, economic factors have some...

Developer D+P Real Estate Inc. toiled for years on plans for a six-story, 240,000-square-foot, mixed-use building along Interstate 195 in Providence that would have...

Legislation targets R.I.’s sports betting monopoly

New state legislation submitted in both the House and Senate is looking to upend the monopoly in Rhode Island’s sports betting market as revenue...

Legislation would restrict ‘spread pricing’ on meds

While prescription drug costs have been steadily increasing, the reimbursements paid to the pharmacies have been decreasing. The math isn’t adding up. But this contradiction is...
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