Friday, June 20, 2025

TOPICS

More News

READY FOR GROWTH: Jason Calderon, CEO of Bonsai Buds LLC in Exeter. Cultivators will welcome even limited expansion of the state’s retail marijuana industry. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/­ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Is there still a market for expanded marijuana sales?

Any adult in the area who wants to buy legal recreational marijuana doesn’t have to go far to find it. And that’s before Rhode...
David Spencer and his wife, Lisa, acquired Pawtucket-based Atlantic Paper & Supply Co. in 1992 from Lisa’s father, Jack McDermott. Spencer started working for the company in 1986, following several years in the advertising business. Atlantic is the 2025 U.S. Small Business Administration Rhode Island family-owned small business of the year. / COURTESY ATLANTIC PAPER & SUPPLY CO.

Make ‘yes’ a core value

David Spencer | Atlantic Paper & Supply Co. co-owner According to the Institute for Family Owned Business, family-owned businesses constitute approximately 90% of all businesses...
RELAXED ­ATMOSPHERE: Paul Byrne, the general manager of Centreville Bank Stadium in Pawtucket, inside the sensory room at the stadium, available for attendees who feel overwhelmed by the noises and large crowds. The stadium is one of only three sports venues in New England with such a feature. 
PBN PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

Stadium has special place for sensory-sensitive fans

Amid the cheering, chants, drumming and pyrotechnics during a Rhode Island FC soccer match, a small room located on Centreville Bank Stadium’s south end...
Oliver Schilke

Should you be honest about you’re use of AI?

Whether you’re using artificial intelligence to write cover letters, grade papers or draft ad campaigns, you might want to think twice about telling others....

Health insurers eye huge rate hikes

More fallout from Rhode Island’s simmering health care crisis: Prepare yourself for unusually high insurance rate increases next year. Rate hikes proposed to the R.I....
Jay L. ­Zagorsky

For Trump’s ‘no taxes on tips,’ devil is in details

President Donald Trump’s promise to eliminate taxes on tips may sound like a windfall for service workers – but the fine print in Congress’...
Bruce Newbury

Newport restaurant row anticipates record-breaking summer

Whether or not the weather will cooperate, summer has arrived. With as many as 17 of the 23 weekends so far in 2025 featuring rainstorms...

Lists: Executive Recruiters

Number of local employees: 214 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to make additions or corrections,...

Lists: Staffing Firms

Total average weekly workers: 816 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to make additions or corrections,...

Lists: Workforce Development Resources

Number of nonprofit resources: 10 Number of government resources: 5 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to make...
- Featured Event -

Latest News