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  Total number of clinicians: 443 FOOTNOTES 1. Rehabilitation centers within Lifespan Corp. include Rhode Island Hospital/Hasbro Children’s Hospital Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech & Audiology; The...
  
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  Tax breaks are one way the city of Providence has persuaded developers to build or rehabilitate properties, but a proposal to overhaul the terms...
  
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  Rhode Island businesspeople are coming to terms with the harsh reality that the COVID-19 pandemic will likely hurt their bottom lines for years to...
  
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  Legal aid on the way for local indigenous tribes
  
  February 19, 2021 3:30 am
  
  Raymond Two Hawks Watson’s adolescent identity crisis was more complicated than most. As a member, and now chief, of the Mashapaug Nahaganset Tribe, his ancestry...
  
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  Anchor Recovery Community Center distributes hundreds of naloxone kits
  
  February 28, 2021 10:45 pm
  
  PROVIDENCE – Thanks to a $5,000 grant from Rhode Island’s 10,000 Chances Project, Anchor Recovery Community Center’s Mobile Outreach Recovery Efforts team has distributed...
  
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  Five Questions With: Tiffney Davidson-Parker
  
  February 28, 2021 10:30 pm
  
  Last month, Tiffney Davidson-Parker took over as president and chief operating officer of The Providence Center. She came to Rhode Island from South Carolina...
  
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  AdCare Rhode Island welcomes new director of clinical process...
  
  February 28, 2021 10:20 pm
  
  NORTH KINGSTOWN – AdCare Rhode Island has announced a new director of clinical process improvement at its North Kingstown location. Courtney S. Stafford, who formerly...
  
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  PROVIDENCE – A new partnership between the city’s Office of Economic Opportunity and the Institute for Education in Healthcare at Rhode Island College is...
  
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  Westerly Hospital offers drive-thru self-scheduled COVID-19 tests
  
  February 28, 2021 10:00 pm
  
  WESTERLY – Westerly Hospital is now offering self-scheduled COVID-19 tests for both adults and children. A doctor’s order is not required. The hospital’s drive-thru site is...
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  Legal aid on the way for local indigenous tribes
  
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  Raymond Two Hawks Watson’s adolescent identity crisis was more complicated than most. As a member, and now chief, of the Mashapaug Nahaganset Tribe, his ancestry...
  
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  February 18, 2021 7:20 pm
  
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  URI named to National Science Foundation’s CyberCorps program; will...
  
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  SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island announced Thursday that it is one of six universities across the U.S. being added to the...
  
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  February 16, 2021 10:50 pm
  
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  SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Niko Tracksdorf, a University of Rhode Island assistant professor of German and associate director of the German International Engineering Program, has...
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  Do proposed changes to city’s policy on tax breaks...
  
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  Tax breaks are one way the city of Providence has persuaded developers to build or rehabilitate properties, but a proposal to overhaul the terms...
  
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  Bill to protect R.I. Statehouse lawn moves forward
  
  February 25, 2021 8:30 pm
  
  PROVIDENCE – A House committee on Tuesday recommended approval for a bill that will discourage development of the green area known as the Statehouse...
  
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  East Side condo penthouse sells for $1M
  
  February 25, 2021 8:20 pm
  
  PROVIDENCE – A penthouse condominium on the East Side of Providence has sold for $1 million. It involved the sale of units 2-6 at...
  
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  Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott opens in Somerset
  
  February 24, 2021 10:30 pm
  
  SOMERSET – A new Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott hotel has opened in Somerset. The hotel includes 111 guest rooms and 107 parking spaces,...
  
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  Barrington oceanfront lot sells for $1.3M
  
  February 24, 2021 10:10 pm
  
  BARRINGTON – A 2-acre oceanfront house lot in Barrington has sold for $1.3 million, the most expensive lot sold in the town since 2006,...
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URI named to National Science Foundation’s CyberCorps program; will award scholarships...

Education February 18, 2021 12:17 pm

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island announced Thursday that it is one of six universities across the U.S. being added to the...

Langevin targets cybersecurity risk at Feb. 22 online manufacturing workshop

Manufacturing February 11, 2021 6:30 pm

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Manufacturers Association, Polaris MEP and Vertikal6 Inc. will host a free virtual workshop on Feb. 22, “Manufacturing Cybersecurity: A...

KMS Solutions, LLC Awarded $50.8 Million Support Services Contract for Program...

PBN Connect February 4, 2021 3:13 pm

On January 25, 2021, KMS Solutions, LLC was awarded a $50.8 million, five-year contract to provide Program Management, Systems Engineering, and Technical Assistance (SETA)...

Five Questions With: Rebecca Chhim

In Their Own Words January 26, 2021 10:30 pm

A senior scientist and technical manager, Rebecca Chhim has been named director of Cybersecurity Undersea Warfare Combat System Integration for Submarines and Undersea Warfare...

Five Questions With: Matt Cullina

Technology December 1, 2020 10:30 pm

Identity protection, identity-theft recovery and breach-services company CyberScout has staff members in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Matt Cullina, executive vice president of strategic partnerships...

Online education could threaten students’ privacy

Advice November 20, 2020 1:07 am

An online “proctor” who can survey a student’s home and manipulate the mouse on their computer as the student takes an exam. A remote-learning...

WELL-ROUNDED: NeQter Labs CEO Richard Astle says he learned the importance of hiring “people smarter than me” to offset his areas of weakness and strengthen the software company, which he said has had its best year ever in 2020. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

NeQter provides sweet solutions to protect companies from cyberattacks

Entrepreneurship November 6, 2020 2:01 am

That the “NeQter” in NeQter Labs is an abbreviated version of the term “network quantifier” is a play on words few outside the tech...

FEDERAL AUTHORITIES, including the FBI are warning that there is currently a "an increased and imminent cybercrime threat to U.S. hospitals and health care providers in the U.S. / AP FILE PHOTO/ JOSE LUIS MAGANA

FBI warns ransomware assault threatens U.S. health care system

Government October 29, 2020 2:35 pm

BOSTON (AP) – Federal agencies warned that cybercriminals are unleashing a wave of data-scrambling extortion attempts against the United States health care system designed...

NEIT designated as national center of excellence in cyber defense education

Education October 27, 2020 10:10 pm

EAST GREENWICH – The New England Institute of Technology has been designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education for...

STAYING ALERT: Harvard University graduate student Maya James received an email from a political action committee that seemed harmless: if you support Joe Biden, it urged, click here to check if you’re registered to vote. A little research indicated that it was a phishing scam. / AP PHOTO/ MICHAEL DWYER

Scammers exploiting passions over election

Government October 23, 2020 1:36 am

The email from a political action committee seemed harmless: if you support Joe Biden, it urged, click here to make sure you’re registered to...

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