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R.I. monthly unemployment falls to 4.5% in April

CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in April was 4.5%, down from 4.7% in March, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training said...

R.I. monthly unemployment rises to 4.7% in March

CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in March was 4.7%, up from 4.6% in February, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training...
RHODE ISLAND’S seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in January was 4.5%, up from 4.4%, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and Training. / AP FILE PHOTO/LYNNE SLADKY 

R.I. unemployment rises to 4.5% in January despite adding jobs

CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate edged up to 4.5% in January even though the state added 400 jobs month over month,...

Feast & Fettle is feasting on major progress

PBN 2025 FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES $15 MILLION TO $50 MILLION 2. Feast & Fettle Inc. CEO (or equivalent): Carlos Ventura 2024 Revenue: $36.2 million 2022 Revenue: $19.8 million Revenue...

R.I. monthly unemployment climbs to 4.8% in March

CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in March was 4.8%, up from 4.7% in February, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training...
ANDREW SCHIFF will retire in 2025 as the Rhode Island Community Food Bank's CEO. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

R.I. Food Bank CEO Schiff to retire in 2025

PROVIDENCE – For close to two decades, Andrew Schiff has worked to help feed Rhode Islanders in need, especially when a global health pandemic brought such...
RONALD A. "TOGO" PALAGI, co-owner of Palagi Brothers Ice Cream and Frozen Lemonade LLC in Pawtucket, died Feb. 27 at the age of 81. / COURTESY PALAGI BROTHERS ICE CREAM AND FROZEN LEMONADE LLC

Ronald ‘Togo’ Palagi, co-owner of Palagi Brothers Ice Cream, dies at...

PAWTUCKET – Ronald A. “Togo” Palagi, who along with his brother co-owned Palagi Brothers Ice Cream and Frozen Lemonade LLC and spent many summers...
THE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Community Center in Newport on Jan. 15 cut the ribbon on its completed $7 million renovation project that added more space to the building and expanded various services to the community. / COURTESY KATE WHITNEY LUCEY PHOTOGRAPHY

MLK Center unveils $7M renovations, expanded services

NEWPORT – With a quick cut of the ribbon on Jan. 15 – the day celebrating the nonprofit’s namesake – the Dr. Martin Luther...
OLNEYVILLE NEW YORK SYSTEMS INC. will auction off all the pieces of its original 1954 neon sign on Feb. 5, with all proceeds benefiting the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. / COURTESY OLNEYVILLE NEW YORK SYSTEMS INC.

Olneyville New York System to auction 1954 neon sign to support...

PROVIDENCE – A local restaurant institution is auctioning off a bit of its history to help support the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. In a...
THE CRANSTON LOCATION of Uncle Tony's Pizza and Pasta temporarily closed after the R.I. Department of Health found numerous health code violations at the restaurant.

Uncle Tony’s Cranston restaurant reopens after temporary closure due to health...

CRANSTON – One local Uncle Tony’s Pizza and Pasta location reopened Friday after the R.I. Department of Health recently found numerous health code violations...
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