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Good news for Revolution Wind. Bad news for Rhode Island union...

Orimartin Lima’s graduation from a weeklong offshore wind safety training program on Oct. 24 was bittersweet. The completion of the global certification through the Community...

RIC to offer retirement buyouts to longtime employees

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island College has announced plans for a voluntary retirement buyout package for 101 faculty and staff members. A memo from the office...
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IT’S IN THE CARDS: The allure of high stakes, fast play

JACQUELINE CORRIEA ALWAYS had an attraction to the casino industry, wanting to be in the middle of high stakes and fast play as cards...
PAPERWORK: Rivka Reynolds, a peer recovery counselor with Thrive Behavioral Health Inc., fills out some paperwork in her organization’s West Warwick office.
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‘There is a way out’ of mental illness; treatment demand growing...

Rivka Reynolds was a longtime activities director for an agency serving people with dementia when a post-traumatic stress disorder forced her to stop working...
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R.I.: Small state, big impact

It is easy to see why Glenn Robertelli is bullish on Rhode Island life sciences. In 2023, the sector employed more than 6,000 Rhode...
YOUTH MOVEMENT: A group of interns works together during a meeting at Falvey Insurance Group in North Kingstown. In addition to internships, the agency has launched an underwriter training program and is looking to start apprenticeships.
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‘The opportunity’s there, I’m just going to take it’: Insurers eager...

The next generation of insurance agents is being ushered into the industry, thanks to local agencies eager to fill roles vacated by the large...
DRILLING DOWN: Mazinho Palencia, a Community College of Rhode Island graduate, works on a drill press in the school’s ­Advanced Manufacturing Lab in 2024.
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CRISIS OF INTEREST: Industry woos next-gen workers

With a rich industrial history – ranging from shipbuilding and textiles to jewelry, chemicals and metals – the Ocean State’s economy has always been...
CHECKING IN: 
Bella Andolino, background right, front desk agent at Hotel Maria in Westerly, with General Manager Patrick Bowe at her side, helps Skip and Pat Caloia of Yonkers, N.Y.
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MICHAEL SALERNO

Yes, working in hotels ‘can be a fun career’

Hotel Maria General Manager Patrick Bowe took a Rhode Island Hospitality Association class for front-of-the-house staff on dealing with guests’ issues. Bowe started as...

Citizens, CCRI launch program to fill 500 new banking jobs in...

PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. and the Community College of Rhode Island have launched the Banking Micro-Pathway, a new training program designed to...
FEELING UNEASY: Ironworkers Dorian Costa, left, and Oronde Hale have been working on the construction of Vineyard Wind out of the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal, visible in the background. But they’re now concerned about the future of the offshore wind industry. 
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MICHAEL SALERNO

FADING PROMISE: Trump orders take toll on regional wind industry; will...

It was a breezy summer afternoon at Quonset Point in North Kingstown when tradesmen Lucileno Gomes and Antonio Gianfrancesco clocked out after their shift...
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