Tag: Covid-19
Lt. Gov. McKee floats relief plan on his own
Lt. Gov. Daniel J. McKee is proposing using a portion of Rhode Island’s $1.25 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funds to create grant and...
Lifespan, CNE will try again
Can anything positive come out of a pandemic? Leaders of Lifespan Corp. and Care New England Health System are willing to find out.
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Responses to pandemic, rioting fuel hope for R.I. businesses
Broken glass was strewn along downtown Providence sidewalks outside ransacked businesses. Inside and out, weary-looking owners and staff were scrambling to clean up while...
Five Questions With: Dan Richard, principal at St. Raphael Academy
Daniel Richard | Principal, St. Raphael Academy
1. St. Raphael Academy was thrust into the national spotlight just as the coronavirus was starting to hit...
Tourism will need support from R.I. leaders
On the morning of March 11, thousands of young athletes from across the Northeast were packing their bags for a trip to Providence. They...
A need to flatten the mental health curve
The mental health crisis triggered by COVID-19 is escalating rapidly. One example: When compared with a 2018 survey, U.S. adults are now eight times...
Financial stress may help spread coronavirus
Preventing deaths from COVID-19 depends on those who are showing symptoms seeking treatment – which also allows authorities to track down whom they came...
Most-read stories on PBN.com, May 2020
1. Providence commission approves 61-unit apartment building for Fox Point POSTED ONLINE: May 20 Construction of a 61-unit apartment building in the Fox Point...
Preservation Society of Newport County lays off 231 workers as PPP...
NEWPORT – The Preservation Society of Newport County has laid off 231 full-time and part-time workers, representing 69% of its staff, WJAR-TV NBC 10...
Phase II reopening
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