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LATHE LESSONS: Wilbert Cante, left, and Melvin Shaw, both machine technology students at William M. Davies Jr. Career and Technical High School in Lincoln, work on the manual lathe machine. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Davies students step up for early career launch

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On any given day, workers at Greystone of Lincoln Inc. churn out a half million “safety-critical” components for airbags, car engines and aerospace equipment. But...

COMMON GOAL: From left, Tekla E. Moquin, associate vice president of the division of workforce partnerships at the Community College of Rhode Island; Amy Grzybowski, assistant commissioner at the R.I. Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner; and Jenifer Giroux, assistant vice president for professional studies and continuing education at Rhode Island College, have been working together to provide an education system that allows all Rhode Islanders a chance at earning a degree or advanced credential in fields that are in demand. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Leaders lay groundwork to ‘supercharge’ training

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It was a first at Rhode Island College. At the start of the spring semester, the college started offering a fully online degree – a...

Peter A. Mello joined Waterfire Providence in 2011. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Turn uncertainty into opportunity

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Peter A. Mello | Waterfire Providence co-CEO and managing director In January 2020, we were preparing to celebrate the 25th anniversary since the first WaterFire lighting and...

Newport’s rental ban tries to strike balance between tourism and residents

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With a recent ban on short-term home rentals in residential neighborhoods, Newport has joined the wave of tourist destinations attempting to strike a balance...

SOLUTION NEEDED: Susan E. Enck, a licensed clinical psychologist at Brown Medicine’s Warwick Primary Care, says the mental health system was near its breaking point before the COVID-19 pandemic. Now it’s in crisis. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Pleas to fix R.I.’s ‘broken’ behavioral health system

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In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, treatment providers, advocates and lawmakers are calling for Rhode Island to confront its problems with access to...

Summit: Health system rebuild will take years

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It can’t compare to the horror of a real war, such as in Ukraine, but health care systems have indeed been in a life-and-death...

NEW LIFE? After sitting vacant for nine years, Providence’s “Superman” building would be revived for residential and other uses under a $220 million plan that still needs some city approvals. / PBN FILE PHOTO/CHRIS BERGENHEIM

Saving ‘Superman’ part of bold post-COVID vision

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It was a scene reminiscent of a 2003 gathering in the governor’s office that was then occupied by Republican Donald L. Carcieri. At that...

BREADMAKERS: Jeffrey Collins fulfilled a dream last year when he opened his own bakery, South County Bread Co., with his wife, Keri Lyn, in South Kingstown. /PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Collins’ bakery thriving after couple ‘catapults’ into breadmaking business

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After baking bread for Belmont Market for many years, Jeffrey Collins decided it was time to pursue his dream of owning a bakery. The South...

Paid family leave equals happiness

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The U.S. remains the only advanced economy without federal paid leave, despite overwhelming support for this benefit. Employers are free to provide this benefit at...