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MORE MILLIONS: Seven-figure home sales spreading away from waterfront
The Rhode Island waterfront has always been the domain for high-end home sales as the wealthy gladly pay steep premiums for houses with a...
WEAKENED CONNECTIONS: RIPTA’s service cuts disrupting sectors of R.I. workforce
For years, East Providence resident Barry Dejasu’s commute to Warwick followed the same routine: Leave the house at around 7:30 a.m., walk to the...
CLOUD COVER: PBN survey: Most R.I. businesses bracing for rough times...
When it comes to the economy, Brenda Jacob has a laundry list of challenges that don’t seem to be getting easier.
She feels like regulations,...
Holiday hiring headache: ’Tis the season of uncertainty in search for...
Boutique owner Karen Beebe spent weeks trying to hire just one extra person ahead of this year’s holiday shopping season.
For 19 years, Beebe’s shop,...
THE TOLL OF TARIFFS: Factories under strain as they try to...
If there was one thing Rose Wood had been able to count on as a buyer at Pawtucket manufacturer Neocorp Inc., it was that...
For Ward’s, survival of tariffs required complete overhaul of business
Less than a year ago, Kelly Ward, co-founder and president of Ward’s Manufacturing LLC, envisioned that the company would be spending the spring and...
BROKEN NEWS? Outlets in search of sustainable community journalism model
Tapping away at his laptop at the Rochambeau Library in Providence, Steve Ahlquist doesn’t look the part of a pioneer.
He began reporting on Rhode...
SOBER REFLECTION: With the craft beer boom over, breweries look...
Matthew Gray has cleared many hurdles to keep Ragged Island Brewing Co. running. And the obstacles are still coming.
Gray opened Ragged Island Brewing with...
THE ‘AMAZON EFFECT’: Warehouse looms over Johnston, but will it fulfill...
Making way for Amazon.com Inc. has been no easy feat for the town of Johnston since the e-commerce giant opened a 3.8 million-square-foot fulfillment...
HOSPITAL MAKEOVERS: Health systems look for shot in the arm from...
The administrative wing of The Miriam Hospital on Providence’s East Side is a mess these days, and hospital President Maria Ducharme couldn’t be happier...
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