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THE CRANSTON ARMORY closed as an emergency shelter on Monday. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE PRESERVATION

As Armory closes, state announces 100 additional shelter openings

Housing 05/15/2023

PROVIDENCE – With the closure of the Cranston Street Armory emergency shelter on Monday, the state announced additional shelter options to serve around 100...

State-owned building in Woonsocket goes up for auction

Health Services 02/24/2023

WOONSOCKET – A state-owned downtown office building is being auctioned next month. The three-story building at 181 Cumberland St. is the current location of the...

SUDDEN BOOST: After the national suicide and crisis lifeline changed its number to a three-digit 988, monthly calls in Rhode Island increased 53% from 313 in December 2021 to 480 in December 2022. Pictured is Matthew Latondresse, 988 clinical supervisor at the BH Link call center in East Providence. The mural was done by artist Elizabeth Jweinat, who works under the name Lizzy $our.   PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Number change boosts calls to R.I. crisis lifeline

Focus 02/03/2023

A little over six months since the national suicide and crisis lifeline trimmed down its number to an easy-to-remember 988, calls have been pouring...

CODAC mobile clinic continues to operate despite cease-and-desist order from city

Health Services 01/18/2023

WOONSOCKET – The future of the mobile clinic that has been operating on the property of the nonprofit Community Care Alliance in Woonsocket since...

RARE BREED: Dr. Thomas Bledsoe, a general internist and primary care physician at Brown Medicine’s East Providence Primary Care, says finding a primary care doctor such as him has become difficult for people in need of a new physician. Bledsoe is also president of the Rhode Island Medical Society. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

How to cure shortage of primary care docs?

Education 12/23/2022

When the phone rings at East Providence Primary Care, chances are there is someone in search of a new doctor on the other end. It...

New behavioral health center opens in Pawtucket

Health Services 12/16/2022

PAWTUCKET – A new multicultural behavioral health center serving children from multicultural backgrounds has opened in Pawtucket. Tides Family Services Inc. and Community Care Alliance...

BankNewport seeking bedding donations through ‘Kind Heart, Fresh Start’ campaign

Financial Services 10/24/2022

NEWPORT – BankNewport recently launched its annual “Kind Heart, Fresh Start” donation campaign. The bank is collecting new bedding, including new pillows, pillowcases, pillow protectors,...

DOCTOR IS IN: Dr. Francesca Beaudoin works on her computer in an exam room inside CODAC Behavioral Healthcare’s new mobile treatment unit for opioid addiction. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

1st mobile unit deployed in R.I.’s addiction fight

Focus 09/30/2022

John Hayes literally has a front-row seat to the widening demographics of opioid addiction. He’s a driver of CODAC Behavioral Healthcare’s new mobile clinic, a...

$11.8M from R.I. CDBG program awarded to 35 organizations

Economic Activity 09/09/2022

PROVIDENCE – Thirty-five organizations are among the recipients of $11.8 million in funding from the Rhode Island Community Development Block Grant program, Gov. Daniel...