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WHILE RETAILERS were ravaged by mandated shutdowns during the earliest months of the pandemic, numbers have rebounded and holiday sales have been encouraging, according to industry groups. AP FILE PHOTO/JEFF CHIU

Retail sales proving immune to virus

Braving long lines, freezing temperatures and swarms of shoppers for the sake of holiday shopping holds even less appeal than usual in the midst...

The wide computer science divide among races

When it comes to the digital divide, often the focus is on how lack of internet service and basic technology will hurt students’ academic...

PBN to host 21st Century Business Forum; Steve Forbes first guest

PROVIDENCE – Providence Business News will host the “21st Century Business Forum,” a free monthly webcast featuring executives, entrepreneurs, thought leaders and business experts...

A few simple ‘asks’ for small businesses

As the owner of a Providence restaurant, The District, I can say that this has been a year unlike any other. As we continue...

Follow state on holiday gatherings

The number 300,000 almost jumps out of the recent Associated Press story on the results of a study on the role a two-day biotech...

North Attleboro man charged with distributing steroids, money laundering

PROVIDENCE – David M. Esser, 47, of North Attleboro, has been arrested and charged with conspiring to distribute anabolic steroids and money laundering, U.S....
FRESH START: Longtime financial consultant Elaine Dickson, principal owner and CEO of Mavenly Consultants LLC, launched the strategy, financial services and bookkeeping firm in Cumberland in July. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Clients adding up quickly for Mavenly Consultants

Elaine Dickson grew up wanting to be a journalist. But when her family immigrated to the U.S. from Jamaica just before she started college,...
HUGH CLEMENTS, chief of the Providence Police Department, recently received the Sister Ann Keefe Award from the Nonviolence Institute. The award is given to an individual who supports and fosters nonviolence in the community. The mission of the Providence-based nonprofit is to teach the principles and practices of nonviolence. Clements was appointed to the Providence Police Department on May 5, 1985, as a night patrol officer in the uniform division.

Clements receives Sister Ann Keefe Award from Nonviolence Institute

What was your reaction to being selected as the recipient of this year’s Sister Ann Keefe Award? I had known and worked alongside of Sister...

A crucial crossroads for R.I.’s hospitals

Rhode Island’s health care system is on the cusp of unprecedented changes in 2021. COVID-19 buffeted the financial health of the state’s not-for-profit hospitals. Care...

Former Mattiello aide Britt acquitted of money-laundering charges, violating campaign-finance laws

PROVIDENCE – Jeffrey Britt, the former aide to House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello, was acquitted Dec. 16 by R.I. Superior Court Judge Daniel Procaccini...
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