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R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 776 over weekend, with 8 deaths

PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 776 from March 5 through Sunday, with eight more deaths, the R.I. Department of...

5th annual Brain Week Rhode Island to focus on brain health...

PROVIDENCE – Brain Week Rhode Island will take place this month, with five days of free programs showcasing neuroscience’s deep roots in the Ocean...

Five Questions With: Dr. Henry Sachs

Bradley Hospital President Dr. Henry Sachs has been an attending psychiatrist at the hospital, treating children with autism and developmental disabilities, for more than...
CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 333 on Thursday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

COVID-19 cases in R.I. rise by 333, with 2 more deaths

PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 increased by 333 on Thursday, with two more deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Friday. Hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients...

Bond between struggling restaurants, patrons endures

Blackie’s restaurant in Smithfield posted a farewell message last July that it was closing its doors for good due to COVID-19. On March 1,...

Despite high infection rate, Providence vaccination rate low

PROVIDENCE (AP) – Providence has had among the highest coronavirus infection and hospitalization rates in Rhode Island throughout the coronavirus pandemic, yet it currently...
DELIVERY MAN: Lt. Gov. Daniel J. McKee meets with Kim Fortier, co-owner of Me Too Preschool in Woonsocket, as part of his effort to get businesses to apply for the Restore RI grant programs. He is also delivering face masks. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

How can Rhode Island’s new governor, Daniel J. McKee, most help...

Gov. Daniel J. McKee begins his 22-month term as governor sorting through a host of priorities, starting with the state's ongoing distribution of COVID-19...
Karen Santilli joined the social service agency Crossroads Rhode Island in 2008 and became the nonprofit’s CEO and president in 2015. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Commit to each other

Karen Santilli | Crossroads Rhode Island CEO and president I’ve learned some lessons in my role as CEO and president of Crossroads Rhode Island. Two...
UPWARD TREND: George Charette, CEO and president of Pawtucket Credit Union, says the credit union is expecting its mortgage volume in 2021 to be higher than last year, when it booked a record $370 million in mortgage volume, as people took advantage of historically low interest rates. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Can mortgage industry match heights of 2020?

Rock-bottom interest rates have driven the volume of mortgage originations through the roof for financial institutions, but can that level of business continue in...
HANDS ON: Stephanie Robat, owner of FR Engineering Group Inc., prepares to examine a core sample brought up by a drill rig on a work site in ­Warwick. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Owning engineering firm part of her grand design

As far back as she can remember, Stephanie Robat wanted to be an engineer. Her father, Robert Fairbanks, owns Fairbanks Engineering Corp. in Exeter. She...
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