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Collapse of wind deal clouds R.I.’s climate goals

Rhode Island’s clean energy plans are at a crossroads after Rhode Island Energy, the state’s dominant utility company, walked away from negotiations to purchase...
GAME ­PLANNING: Lori Manni, center, president of Capital City Construction & Management Services Inc., goes over documents with Al DeRobbio, left, project supervisor, and Oliver Carias, operating engineer of Local 57, at the company’s Cranston office.
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Manni not daunted by changes, challenges of commercial construction

Lori Manni knows her way around a sewer system. She’s spent the better part of two decades building miles of them. It’s not a...
BIGGER BALANCES: Michelle and Frederick “Rick” Harkins, of Harkins Wealth Management LLC, have heard concerns from clients about their use of credit cards to make ends meet. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

As credit card debt climbs, so does the financial pain

From young professionals to near retirees, many Rhode Islanders are struggling with rising credit card debt, financial advisers say. Some clients are delaying major life...
Steve Callahan Jr.

This is one big opportunity for affordable housing

The shortage of affordable housing in Rhode Island and the South Coast region of Massachusetts is a challenge that lawmakers, businesses and state agencies...

Study effects of minimum wage hikes

The steady rise in Rhode Island’s minimum wage has put more money in the pockets of many entry-level workers, but at what cost? Since 2018,...
Steven Feinberg has served as executive director of the R.I. Film 
& Television Office since 2004. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

The magic in collaboration

Steven Feinberg | R.I. Film & Television Office executive director For my entire career as a creative filmmaker, along with 21 years as executive director...
CAR CARE: Landon Kendricks is co-owner and managing director at New England Auto Chateau in Exeter, which he opened with his father in November.
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Bespoke garage preserves, perfects collectible cars

For Rhode Island car enthusiasts, finding a sanctuary for their prized vehicles has long been a challenge. That search now ends in Exeter, where...
NEW DIGS: Tim Hebert, right, founder, owner and CEO of Dirigo Leadership Consulting LLC, and facilitator Garry Foisy at the firm’s Leadership Activation Center in Warwick, which opened in October after the company relocated from North Kingstown.
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Dirigo uses past experiences to train future leaders

After launching Atrion Inc., a two-person information technology company, in Exeter in 1987 and turning it into a $170 million operation nearly four decades...
PLAYING NOW: Alex Whitney is director of operations at Jane Pickens Theater in Newport, a location that first started showing films in the 1920s and continues to operate in part because of the mix of events that take place there, such as a recent “Remembering Robert Redford” film series. 
PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

At small local theaters, the plot still thickens

For almost as long as the concept of a modern movie theater has existed, Jane Pickens Theater LLC has been drawing filmgoers. “Someone’s been showing...
George Ortiz

ELISHA Project director awarded Murray Family Prize for Community Enrichment

GEORGE ORTIZ, co-founder and executive director of The ELISHA Project, has been awarded the 2025 Murray Family Prize for Community Enrichment by the Rhode...
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