Tag: Coronavirus
Five Questions With: Patrice Milos, Cherrystone Angel Group executive director
1. How does your experience as co-founder of a startup inform your strategy in your new role at Cherrystone? Angel investors must keep pace...
Pandemic triggers a boom for Seekonk gun store
A gun can’t kill a virus, but that hasn’t stopped customers from swarming Pheasant Ridge Inc. amid the new coronavirus.
In his 30-plus years in...
Billions of dollars in small-business aid unclaimed
BIllions of dollars offered by Congress as a lifeline to small businesses struggling to survive the pandemic are about to be left on the...
Racism hinders COVID-19 care for some
As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the U.S., the virus hit African Americans disproportionately hard. African Americans are still contracting the illness – and...
RISD facing $50M deficit; layoffs a possibility
PROVIDENCE – The COVID-19 pandemic has put Rhode Island School of Design significantly in the red as the upcoming academic year draws near.
Although President...
Three more COVID-19 deaths in R.I.; cases increase by 74
PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 74 on Wednesday, to 16,941, and three more deaths from the virus were reported,...
Governor wants to use COVID-19 relief funds to transform long-term care
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo announced plans Wednesday to use $25 million of COVID-19 relief funds to address the immediate needs of nursing...
Wheaton College unveils plan to return to campus in fall
NORTON – Wheaton College, among the first local colleges to announce its intention to bring students back to campus in the fall, unveiled late...
Six more COVID-19 deaths in R.I.; cases increase by 27
PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 27 on Tuesday, to 16,853, and six more deaths from the virus were...
Five Questions With: Liz Hamburg
Brown University alumna Liz Hamburg, CEO and president of Candoo Tech, founded the company to help seniors learn technology and appreciate how it could...

















