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CHIARA DELTITO-SHARROTT, executive director of the Rhode Island League of Charter Public Schools, says the moratorium on charter schools will hurt the state's ablility to attract and retain a skilled workforce. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

A ripple effect from charter freeze?

A new three-year charter school moratorium in Rhode Island is raising concerns that it could weaken workforce competitiveness and limit options for families. The measure,...

R.I. Commerce Corp. opens satellite office in Newport

NEWPORT – R.I. Commerce Corp. alongside local officials on Monday held a ribbon cutting for its new satellite office at Innovate Newport. The quasi-public agency...

Ocean State Climate Alliance officially launches

PROVIDENCE – A new Rhode Island nonprofit has launched with the goal of accelerating climate action by linking environmental policy with economic growth and...
TWO CRUISE SHIPS docked in Newport during a previous summer season. City and tourism officials are concerned about a proposal to increase the fees that large ships are charged during visits to the City of the Sea. COURTESY DISCOVER NEWPORT

McKee’s cruise ship fee proposal creating a storm in Newport

A proposal by Gov. Daniel J. McKee to increase cruise ship passenger fees in Newport has ignited a firestorm among elected officials and business...

Erin Donovan Boyle joined the Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce as executive director in 2015. She was promoted to CEO and president in 2023. / PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Keep, grow top talent

Erin Donovan Boyle Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce CEO and president In a tight labor market, small businesses face increasing pressure to attract and retain skilled...
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Five Questions With: Erin Donovan Boyle

Erin Donovan Boyle | CEO and president, Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce 1. What are the biggest challenges facing both the Newport County and...

Businesses hoping for boost from U.S. Senior Open

NEWPORT – The United States Golf Association made good on its promise to bring the U.S. Senior Open to the historic Newport Country Club,...
REACHING FOR THE SKY: Mind 2 Body Fitness owner Maria ­Andresino, center, instructs Nicole Gonzalez, left, of Cumberland and Analy Lopes of East Providence during a Pilates class at her Providence studio.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

PBN survey: Even as economy grows, businesses leery about expansion right...

At Pawtucket-based Papis Refrescos LLC, demand for its coconut rum liquor has grown steadily since the company’s launch in 2022. The bottled coquito can...
OPEN SPACE: 
Meliza ­Urquhart, community manager at Paragon Mill in Providence, shows one of the new units offered at “workforce” rates for people who earn between 80% and 120% of the area’s median income. Demand in that slice of the housing market is far beyond the supply. 
PBN PHOTO/
MICHAEL SALERNO

MAKING ROOM In the MIDDLE: R.I. struggles to create workforce housing,...

For nursing assistant Johnbray Brown, moving into a workforce-rate unit in the renovated Paragon Mill in Providence’s Olneyville neighborhood was a hard-won victory spanning...

Centreville Bank expands operations to Aquidneck Island

MIDDLETOWN – Centreville Bank has branched out across Narragansett Bay. The West Warwick-based financial institution has opened a loan office in Middletown, the first time...
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