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New owner takes over Narragansett Sailing and Boating School

Hospitality & Tourism 02/27/2025

NARRAGANSETT – A new owner is at the helm of The Narragansett Sailing and Boating School who plans to stay on the business's current...

THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION has awarded 48 organizations more than $350,000 in grants via its Newport County Fund. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

R.I. Foundation awards $350K in grants to 48 Newport County organizations

News Story 07/18/2022

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation announced Monday that it has distributed more than $350,000 in grants to 48 Newport County-based nonprofit organizations through...

BANNER EVENT: Sail Newport Executive Director Brad Read, this year’s Volvo Ocean Race stopover executive director, and Sue Maffei Plowden, race event director, stand on the porch of the Sail Newport Sailing Center with the banner for Volvo Ocean Race Newport. The city is the lone North American stopover for the 2017-18 international race.  / PBN PHOTO/ KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Will experience pay off as Newport prepares to once again host...

Cover Story 04/20/2018

Martha Parker looks back fondly on the 2015 Volvo Ocean Race Newport stopover and the favorable impact it had on her foul-weather sailing gear...

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300 Bristol County Savings Bank employees volunteer at organizations in R.I.,...

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Dylan Zelazo / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Five Questions With: Dylan Zelazo

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SPECIALTY SERVICE: David Sisson, left, and Christian Scully founded Blue ADU, a newly launched sister company of David Sisson Architecture offering consulting and design services for accessory dwelling units.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Blue ADU helping homeowners turn extra space into needed housing

06/20/2025

PRIDE PREP: Heather Allen, manager of the independent craft/gift shop Craftland on Westminster Street in Providence, which not only supports the transgender community but also sells work by transgender artists, prepares the shop for Pride Week.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Pop-up turned gift shop one of first small businesses to anchor...

06/20/2025

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