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PAPER PACKET: Ashley Breault helps her daughter Maria do her kindergarten work. Breault had to pick up the homework at her daughter’s school, Veterans Memorial Elementary School in Central Falls, after her daughter’s teacher had to go on medical leave and was replaced by a long-term substitute teacher. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Shortage of substitute teachers plagues some schools

Coronavirus 10/09/2020

Ashley Breault wasn’t sure what was happening those first few days of school in September. For a week, her 5-year-old daughter Maria didn’t have a...

’TIS THE SEASON: Holiday knick-knacks are displayed at a Macy’s department store on Oct. 1 in Denver. Stores are trying to attract earlier holiday shoppers as a way to reduce crowding during the COVID-19 pandemic. / AP PHOTO/DAVID ZALUBOWSKI

Retailers start holiday season earlier than ever

Coronavirus 10/09/2020

NEW YORK – Add last-minute holiday shopping to the list of time-honored traditions being upended by the coronavirus pandemic. Retailers are kicking off the...

HANDS-ON LEARNING: Kathryn Barr is a former teacher and school administrator who created the Eastside Learning Pod in Providence for elementary school students who are being home-schooled or attending school entirely by distance learning, with a focus on group and experiential activities. Barr helps Sydney Kingman, 7, with her work. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

More parents are taking note of home-school option

Coronavirus 10/09/2020

Andrea Knoll’s daughter Adalyn was supposed to start kindergarten at Henry Barnard School this school year. Even after COVID-19 hit, Knoll and her husband held...

Five Questions With: Kathleen Sanderson-Upham

Financial Services 10/08/2020

Kathleen Sanderson-Upham was recently promoted to vice president and East Greenwich branch sales manager for BankNewport. She has worked at BankNewport since 2011, working...

SOME PROVIDENCE COLLEGE students resumed in-person classes Thursday for the first time since the school switched to a remote-only plan because of a coronavirus outbreak. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE COLLEGE

Some Providence College students resume in-person classes

Education 10/08/2020

PROVIDENCE (AP) – Some Providence College students resumed in-person classes Thursday for the first time since the school switched to a remote-only plan because...

CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 182 on Wednesday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 182, with 1 more death

Coronavirus 10/08/2020

PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 182 on Wednesday, the R.I. Department of Health said Thursday. The increase would have been...

Raimondo announces committee to assess vaccine safety

Coronavirus 10/07/2020

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo said Wednesday that she will be devoting "tens of millions of dollars" of Rhode Island's stimulus money to...

Raimondo: R.I. yet to see any school COVID-19 outbreaks

Coronavirus 10/07/2020

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo said Wednesday that there “haven’t been any outbreaks” in K-12 schools throughout Rhode Island. There have been 260 cases identified so far in the...

Five Questions With: Joe Devine

Technology 10/06/2020

Joe Devine is the executive director of Tech Collective in Providence, which held a virtual-reality summer camp this past summer, buoyed by state and...