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East Providence industrial mill listed for $3.3M

EAST PROVIDENCE – An industrial and warehouse facility with office space has hit the market at a starting bid of $3.3 million, said property...

Revolution Wind developers file injunction to block latest federal suspension order

PROVIDENCE – The developers behind Revolution Wind moved to block the latest federal order suspending the offshore wind project on Thursday in what's become...

SEC filing of the week: Pangaea Logistics appoints Weight Watchers chairman...

NEWPORT – Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. has appointed Eugene I. Davis to its board of directors.  In its filing with the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission on...
EARLY START: The Special Legislative Commission to Study Housing Affordability holds a hearing at the Statehouse in December, weeks ahead of the the 2026 legislative session. Testifying before the commission are Randy R. Rossi, left, Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns executive director, and Ashley Sweet, immediate past president of the Rhode Island Chapter of the American Planning ­Association.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

MINDING THE GAP: Deficit projection narrows, but fiscal risk factors...

State budget officials are projecting that the government will enter the new year facing a fiscal 2027 budget deficit of $101 million. For Rhode Island...
BUCKLE UP: The Special Legislative Commission to Study Housing Affordability meets at the Statehouse in December. When the full General Assembly reconvenes this month, health care, housing and a budget deficit will be atop a long list of issues awaiting state lawmakers. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Health care, affordable housing on GA’s election-year docket

Compared to last year, the $101 million fiscal 2027 shortfall facing state lawmakers as they return to work this month may be cause for...
SPECIAL DRINK: Katie Hamilton, bartender at Fleur Providence in the Omni Providence Hotel, serves a mango lemon spritz made with lemonade infused with THC. The restaurant is one of a limited number of the locations in Rhode Island licensed to sell beverages containing hemp-derived THC, and consumer demand is growing, Hamilton said. 
PBN PHOTO/­CHRISTOPHER ALLEN

R.I. hashing out rules for hemp-infused beverages

Derek Gould, chief marketing officer of Monarch Emulsions LLC, says that while craft beer and spirit brands continue to roll out their own hemp-infused...
CHARTING HER COURSE: Cheryl DiGennaro, owner of Newport Yacht and Home LLC in Middletown, says the desire to design living spaces in houses and boats is something she was born with. 
PBN PHOTO/
DAVID HANSEN

On land or sea, her mind is always on the décor

When Cheryl DiGennaro was growing up, she’d watch her mom, an interior designer, working on various projects; that passion passed from mother to daughter. “I...
GOT ­SOMETHING COOKING: 
Lisa Raiola, founder and president of Hope & Main, stands among some of the kitchen equipment that will be put to use at the yet-to-be-completed new food business incubator, West End Kitchens, in Providence. It is set to open around June. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Demand only heating up for kitchen facilities

Often noted as “the smallest town in the smallest county in the smallest state,” Warren boasts the highest number of food processing licenses in...
Ross J. Gittell / COURTESY BRYANT UNIVERSITY

Five Questions With: Ross J. Gittell

Ross J. Gittell | President, Bryant University 1. How have you addressed the use of artificial intelligence by students and faculty? Do you anticipate...
Monika P. Zuluaga became CEO and president of the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce last September, following two years as the Chamber’s vice president of membership and strategic partnerships. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Don’t try to go it alone

Monika P. Zuluaga | Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce CEO and president Too often, businesses believe the only way to expand capacity is to...
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