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HUNGRY TO HELP: Heather Hole Strout, left, executive director of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center in Newport, distributes chowder and chicken vegetable bean soup to the needy recently in a new partnership with McGrath Clambakes Inc. of Newport. Assisting with the distribution are T.R. McGrath, third from left, owner of McGrath Clambakes, and his daughter Aibhlinn. / PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Challenges for nonprofits reach unimagined heights

It’s times like these that Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island President Kathleen Cloutier feels as though all the nonprofits in Rhode Island are...

Raimondo warns of rolling back to Phase II; will announce new...

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo said Wednesday Rhode Island is heading in the wrong direction for every metric in new coronavirus case trends. "It is not a...
CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 425 on Tuesday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 425, with 4 more deaths

PROVIDENCE – Due to an overrun system, high numbers of close contacts of infected people and a rise in COVID-19 cases in Rhode Island, Gov....

R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 288, with 4 more deaths

PROVIDENCE – COVID-19 cases in Rhode Island increased by 288 on Monday, with four more deaths, according to the R.I. Department of Health Tuesday. Cases...
CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 800 over the weekend. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

COVID-19 cases in R.I. rise by 800 over weekend

PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 800 from Oct. 23 through Sunday, with seven more deaths, the R.I. Department of...
CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 449 on Thursday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 449, with 4 more deaths

PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 449 on Thursday, with four more deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Friday. The...
R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH has proposed a movement of the Medical Examiners offices to a vacated building in Cumberland.

RIDOH shuts down, fines 4 bars for COVID-19 health violations

PROVIDENCE – Three Rhode Island-based bars and a restaurant were ordered closed by the R.I. Department of Health and were fined for violating COVID-19...
GOV. GINA M. Raimondo is encouraging Rhode Islanders to stay local for the Thanksgiving holiday and follow the guidelines above during family gatherings. / COURTESY GOVERNOR'S OFFICE

Do you plan to spend Thanksgiving with only the people you...

With positive cases of COVID-19 again on the rise locally and across the country, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo on Oct. 21 encouraged Rhode Islanders...
TAKEOUT: Red Stripe in Providence is a city neighborhood restaurant that doesn’t have a drive-thru, but it has converted its back door into something approximating one. General Manager Mike Marchezzo delivers an order to Bill Heindel, of Providence. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Buildings with drive-thrus scarce on the market

The lap blankets, heat lamps and tent-like enclosures will only carry a restaurant so far in the winter. What restaurants really need are drive-thrus. Or...
Dr. Kenneth Wood / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Five Questions With: Dr. Kenneth Wood

Dr. Kenneth Wood | Executive vice president of physician affairs and chief clinical officer, Lifespan Corp. 1. In June, you were named executive vice president...
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