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Lists: Golf Courses

Ranked by course rating 1. Whaling City Golf Course | Course rating: 71.7 2. Warwick Country Club | Course rating: 71.6 3. (tie) Segregansett Country Club |...

Lists: Gyms and Fitness Facilities

Total square footage: 253,296 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. List researched by Mesj Associates. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or...
FIXER UPPER: Kate Dyl, Newport Heights property manager, stands on a townhouse porch in the affordable housing development in the North End of the city that’s about to undergo a phased-in renovation. 
PBN PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

As R.I. races to build new housing, existing affordable units are...

Newport Heights was quite a different place years ago, when the 11-acre public housing complex in the north end of the city – then...

KELLY NEVINS is CEO of the Providence-based nonprofit Women’s Fund of Rhode Island, which was founded in 2001.
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Shape what’s coming

Kelly Nevins | Women’s Fund of Rhode Island CEO Every day, I talk with people who are worried about the direction of our country. They...
FEDERAL CHANGE: Citizens Bank, the state’s largest nationally chartered bank, and other national banks could see some benefit from a new rule issued by federal regulator Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on mortgage escrow accounts. 
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New federal escrow rule could cloud mortgage market


For thousands of Rhode Island homeowners, the outcome of a legal fight over mortgage escrow accounts could determine whether money they set aside for...
NETWORKING PLATFORM: Contessa Brown wanted a place where adults could socialize without the typical nightlife atmosphere after she become a Christian and quit going to bars and nightclubs in 2008. Unable to find many spots to her liking, in 2009 she launched Café S.O.U.L., a community platform providing a networking space for artists, entrepreneurs and wellness advocates.
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Everybody’s Business: Cafe S.O.U.L. nourishes creative spirit, community

(Editor’s note: This is the 73rd installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
FASTER ACTION: Johnson & Wales University is one of two Rhode Island colleges that offer three-year degree programs in certain fields of study. The other is New England Institute of Technology. A growing number of U.S. higher education institutions have established three-year programs in recent years. 
PBN PHOTO/ANNE EWING

Three-year degrees gain ground on campuses

Giles Sims, 34, was sick of getting passed over for jobs because he didn’t have a college degree. But with a wife and a widowed...
NEXT PHASE: Kate Dyl, Newport Heights property manager, stands on the porch of a townhouse that’s about to undergo a phased renovation. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Boosting R.I. housing includes saving what’s already here

Rhode Island leaders and voters have tried to put money where their mouths have been in support of more affordable housing. Since 2006, voters...
PRICE IS RIGHT: Jay Almeida, second from left, owner of Curio Estate Sales & Cleanouts LLC, haggles prices with the crowd at one of the estate sales his business organized in Cranston.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Curio sees steady sales since launching in 2020

Jay Almeida is in the estate sale business, which means he’s in the business of getting people to like him. “If they don’t like you,...

After soccer, Tidewater’s real test?

The soccer stadium has been open for nearly a year and a half. Now comes the test of whether the long-promised housing, retail, public...
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