Tag: Covid-19
State will allow nursing home, hospital visits with restrictions
PROVIDENCE – After nearly four months of a visitation ban, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo announced on Wednesday that the state will begin to allow...
Raimondo warns of stricter COVID-19 guideline enforcement; R.I. deaths increase by...
PROVIDENCE – There may be a crackdown on enforcement aimed at businesses not complying with state-mandated health guidelines to contain the coronavirus, announced Gov. Gina M....
Renters face financial cliff ahead; limited help available
Renters are nearing the end of their financial rope.
People who rent have largely been able to survive the initial months of the pandemic helped...
Five Questions With: Louis Giancola
Louis Giancola is the new chairperson for the Trinity Repertory Company’s board of trustees. Giancola is the former CEO and president of South County...
Newport Hospital’s Prince Memorial Fund awards $128K in grants to 24...
NEWPORT – Twenty-four Newport County-based organizations recently received a collective total of $128,424 in grants from Newport Hospital’s Frederick Henry Prince Memorial Fund to...
Books Are Wings receives 1,600 books from BankRI spring drive
PROVIDENCE – Bank Rhode Island collected 1,618 books for Pawtucket-based nonprofit Books Are Wings during its abbreviated spring drive to help support new summer...
R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 163 since July 3; state sees...
PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island rose by 163 from July 3 through Monday, totaling 17,154 to date, the R.I. Department of...
COVID-19 UI filings rise by over 2K since July 3
PROVIDENCE – COVID-19 specific unemployment insurance filings increased by 2,040 from July 3 through Monday, to 182,807, according to the R.I. Department of Labor...
New small-business coalition, McKee pressure state for portion of CARES Act...
PROVIDENCE – Small-business owners, Rhode Island Lt. Governor Dan McKee and other elected officials announced Tuesday the formation of the R.I. Small Business Coalition...
Five Questions With: Brian Rocha
Brian Rocha was recently hired as vice president of retirement plan services financial consultant for Rockland Trust.
He previously served as vice president and...
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