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Bruce Newbury

Fall food events show promise

Rhode Island’s favorite local food celebration, the Schoolyard Twilight Party, returned for an unforgettable evening on Aug. 29. It took place under the lights in...

Lists: Rhode Island-Based Banks

Total assets: $245.8 billion SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. List researched by Mesj Associates. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to...

Lists: Private Secondary Schools

Total high school enrollment 2025-2026: 7,250 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. List researched by MESJ Associates. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists,...

PBN Digital Issue – September 11, 2026

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List: Regional Freight and Logistics Companies

Total local employees: 277 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. List researched by MESJ Associates. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to...

List: Disaster Preparedness & Response Resources

Number of government resources: 2 Number of for-profit resources: 13 Number of non-profit resources: 1 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. List researched by MESJ Associates. For...
CAMPAIGN PERFORMANCE: Gov. Daniel J. McKee, left, and Helena Bounanno Foulkes face off at a WPRI-TV CBS 12 debate at Rhode Island College on Aug. 18. 
COURTESY WPRI-TV CBS 12/COREY WELCH

McKee says he’s laid groundwork and is ready to build on...

Gov. Daniel J. McKee is betting that his record in office – and his experience as governor – will be enough to carry him...
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TRACY JENKINS

Foulkes: R.I. needs new leader to make an abrupt course correction

Helena Buonanno Foulkes says she’s used the last four years wisely. Foulkes came within 3,500 votes of unseating incumbent Gov. Daniel J. McKee in the...
TEST BED: ­Abdullah al Rumon, left, and Dr. Kunal Mankodiya, director of the Wearable Biosensing Lab at the University of Rhode Island, are part of a team developing a smart strap that can monitor the health condition of premature babies.
PBN PHOTO/­ELIZABETH ­GRAHAM

URI team developing smart wearable to monitor health of premature babies

Since the late 2010s, smartwatches and rings have exploded in popularity. Estimates claim nearly half of the U.S. population uses the likes of Apple...
PERSONAL TOUCH: After growing up in the jewelry making business, Rachel Ajaj, owner and designer of Air and Anchor, launched the Cranston-based jewelry manufacturer with her husband in 2020. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Ajaj keeps family tradition alive with Air and Anchor jewelry design

(Editor’s note: This is the 48th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s ­unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
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