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Washington Trust collects 11 tons of peanut butter for local food...

WESTERLY – The Washington Trust Co. collected 22,000 pounds – roughly 11 tons – of peanut butter to donate to the Rhode Island Community...
PROVIDENCE MUNICIPAL COURT is set to resume after closing in mid-March. / PBN FILE PHOTO/CHRIS BERGENHEIM

Providence Municipal Court reopens for 1st time since March

PROVIDENCE (AP) – Providence Municipal Court, which handles disputes involving parking and traffic enforcement in the city, reopened Monday after closing in mid-March because of...

Five Questions With: Dr. Hadeel Zainah

Dr. Hadeel Zainah is an infectious-disease specialist at Kent County Memorial Hospital. She discusses the potential use of dexamethasone, a steroid, as a treatment...
SPOT-CHECKED: Green Ink’s boutique in North Kingstown has been visited twice by state officials to ensure the business is following pandemic guidelines, according to owner Bethany Mazza. Green Ink’s other location, in Providence, also has been checked twice. / PBN FILE PHOTO/DAVID LEVESQUE

R.I. rethinks ‘light touch’ in enforcing reopening protocols

The state has laid out plenty of rules for its phased reopening plans in recent weeks on mask wearing, social distancing and capacity, but...
CHANGE-MAKER: Rita Danielle Steele, right, owner of Steele Realty Consultants International, meets with Shamila Ahmed, an associate broker. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Love of learning has guided Steele’s path

Rita Danielle Steele has had to make some adjustments in how her company, Steele Realty Consultants International LLC, does business in response to COVID-19....
PLAY TIME: Jeremy Girard, director of marketing at Envision Technology Advisors, participates in a trivia game from his home during the company’s “Friday Funday.” / COURTESY JEREMY GIRARD

Corporate outings? The party’s over for now

Every year, Kahn, Litwin, Renza & Co. Ltd. marks the end to a grueling tax season with a companywide outing. In 2020, the plan...
LABOR INTENSIVE: Nick Mattiello, general manager of catering and event company Pranzi Inc., packs sandwiches into boxes for corporate clients. He says the boxed lunches require more work and time to put together than traditional sandwich platters. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Pandemic turns up heat on R.I. caterers

Caterer Nick Mattiello is used to assembling specialty orders with creative presentations such as a three-tier crudité table overflowing with grapes, pepperoni and a...
Patrice Milos / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

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...
UP IN ARMS: Despite an anticipated 40% increase in annual sales due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dean Chapman, owner of gun stores Pheasant Ridge Inc. in Seekonk and River Street Tactical Inc. in Woonsocket, was not happy when he was forced to close his Seekonk store after initial stay-at-home orders in Massachusetts did not deem gun stores as essential ­businesses. / PBN PHOTO/NANCY LAVIN

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...
DOUBLE CHECKING: Barber Mike McAndrew holds a mirror as customer Rob Verrastro looks at his new haircut at Three Saints Barbershop and Shave Parlor in Jessup, Pa. Small businesses such as this are desperately trying to stay afloat during the coronavirus crisis, but billions of dollars allocated for aid by Congress may be left on the table. / TIMES-TRIBUNE VIA AP FILE/CHRISTOPHER DOLAN

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...
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