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REGULAR COMMUTER: Andy Arsenian of South Kingstown is a regular commuter to his job at Bank of America and has seen few people on his ride since the R.I. Department of Transportation in July started offering free, daily train service between North Kingstown, T.F. Green Airport and Providence Station.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

The state’s 2012 bet on commuter-rail service has yet to pay...

On the 7:45 a.m. train ride to Boston, via Wickford Junction, Andy Arsenian sat in a comfortable booth seat, his tablet on the table...
FINANCIAL SUPPORT: Andrea H. Krupp, executive director of the Catholic Foundation of Rhode Island, works closely with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, arranging endowments that fund diocesan-related organizations. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Boosting Catholic giving

Andrea H. Krupp, executive director of the Catholic Foundation of Rhode Island, is a one-woman show. Leading the nonprofit, which has what she called a...
STEADY GROWTH: Ally Maloney, owner of Maloney Interiors LLC, has been designing interiors for yachts and some coastal residences since 2013. She says her business has grown steadily over the past four years. / PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Boat interiors are Maloney’s canvas

In many ways, Ally Maloney’s job is like that of any other interior designer: selecting furniture, finishes, cushions and upholstery work. The biggest difference,...
STYLING: Jackie Pace, left, director of Empire Beauty School in Warwick, watches as school educator Corrie Cagnon instructs student stylist Andrew Bretz. He’s cutting the hair of Theresa Perry, of Coventry, who has been coming to Empire for three years. / PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. reduces required instruction hours for hairdressers, cosmetologists

Prospective hairdressers and cosmetologists applying for a Rhode Island hairdresser/cosmetician license may have it a little easier thanks to a bill signed into law...
NEW APPOINTMENT: Jason E. McNamee, chief of marine-resource management at the R.I. Department of Environmental Management, will lead the R.I. Division of Marine Fisheries, which had operated as a subsection of the R.I. Division of Fish and Wildlife until a law passed in July elevated the division as its own entity.  / PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

A dedicated voice for R.I. marine fisheries

A change in state law this year is giving Rhode Island and its large saltwater-fishing community a dedicated voice in local and regional management...
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Relocation of north to Dean Hotel a local restaurant-culture win

Owned by chef James Mark, Providence restaurant north announced it will be relocating to the Dean Hotel this September, replacing the current German eatery,...

Tribe, Ivy League Brown debate law, morality

On Aug. 20 approximately 50 members of the Pokanoket nation, an indigenous group that claims ties to Colonial-era Wampanoag leader King Philip, or Metacom,...
GENERATING INTEREST: University of Rhode Island graduate student Ben Cromwell demonstrates Party Elements programming. URI professor Mindy Levine started the business to get more people interested in science. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ­ISLAND/MICHAEL SALERNO

Having fun with science

Using shaving cream, cornstarch, lemon juice and other easily accessible materials, University of Rhode Island associate professor of chemistry Mindy Levine hopes to interest...
PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Five Questions With Edythe M. De Marco

Edythe M. De Marco  |  Wealth-management adviser, The De Marco Group, Merrill Lynch Bank of America 1. How does it feel to be named to...

Cabral wins humanities award for inspired storytelling

LEN CABRAL, an international storyteller, is the recipient of this year’s Tom Roberts Prize for Creative Achievement in the Humanities for four decades of...
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