Amid the upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic last June, Daniel J. McKee appeared frustrated.
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When Magdalena Andreozzi moved workshops offered by her nonprofit online during the COVID-19 pandemic last summer, she expected some bumps in the transition.
After all,...
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Jack Martin | Providence Public Library executive director
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PROVIDENCE – CVS Pharmacy is now selling over-the-counter COVID-19 testing kits, the company announced Monday.
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Jack Martin | Providence Public Library executive director
On March 16, 2020, Providence Public Library’s administrative team gathered in person for the last time in...
Improving our K-12 public schools to a level approaching and hopefully surpassing those of Massachusetts and other states consistently recognized for educational excellence is...
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Amid the upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic last June, Daniel J. McKee appeared frustrated.
McKee, then Rhode Island’s lieutenant governor, took the unusual step of...
When Magdalena Andreozzi moved workshops offered by her nonprofit online during the COVID-19 pandemic last summer, she expected some bumps in the transition.
After all,...
Kevin Millonzi has “viral” coverage as part of his business-interruption insurance, but that didn’t save the West Warwick caterer from getting rejected when he...
Jack Martin | Providence Public Library executive director
On March 16, 2020, Providence Public Library’s administrative team gathered in person for the last time in...
PROVIDENCE – Health insurance companies are actively partnering with community organizations, state agencies and cities to help vaccinate people who are at high risk...
PROVIDENCE – CVS Pharmacy is now selling over-the-counter COVID-19 testing kits, the company announced Monday.
CVS Health Corp. is selling three tests that have received...
PROVIDENCE – Researchers at Butler Hospital have released new data on a procedure that may help treat severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.
The study involved 10 patients...
Betsy Canino, chief of clinical services at the PACE Organization of Rhode Island, discusses PACE-RI’s efforts to administer COVID-19 vaccines to homebound people in...
WARWICK – A new partnership between Thrive Behavioral Health and CODAC Behavioral Healthcare is offering people in Kent County access to medication-assisted treatment to...
WARWICK – The Shipbuilding and Advanced Manufacturing Institute at the New England Institute of Technology campus in Warwick is offering a machinist training program...
Jack Martin | Providence Public Library executive director
On March 16, 2020, Providence Public Library’s administrative team gathered in person for the last time in...
Improving our K-12 public schools to a level approaching and hopefully surpassing those of Massachusetts and other states consistently recognized for educational excellence is...
PROVIDENCE – Aidan Reilly, a senior at Brown University who helped co-found a nonprofit that addresses food insecurity by repurposing produce surplus, was named...
EAST PROVIDENCE – ONE Neighborhood Builders, a Providence-based community development nonprofit, has purchased a 36-unit apartment complex in East Providence for $3.3 million, the...
NO EXCUSES: Robert B. Foster, owner of RBF Fitness and Nutrition LLC, says there are obstacles for minorities who aspire to be business owners, but nothing that can’t be overcome. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY
(Editor’s note: This is the eighth installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views on minority-business conditions in the state and for ways to improve those businesses’ chances for success. You can read the previous installments here.) Robert B. Foster says feeling inferior was never…
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What a great, upbeat article. I enjoyed reading about Mr. Foster’s positive approach to life and business. Well done, RBF.