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

Economic Activity 04/17/2025

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

Food & Agriculture 09/20/2024

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...

Food & Agriculture 03/04/2024

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

Food & Agriculture 01/25/2024

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...

Food & Agriculture 01/22/2024

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...

Food & Agriculture 12/15/2023

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...

Blount Fine Foods’ hot soup equals high revenue

Business Services 09/22/2023

PBN Fastest Growing Companies 2023 $75 million and above No. 2. Blount Fine Foods Corp. CEO (or equivalent): Todd S. Blount, CEO and president 2022 revenue:...

Americans bump up spending in June as inflation eases in a...

Business Services 07/18/2023

NEW YORK (AP) – Americans increased their spending last month as inflation eased in many areas, and the job market remained remarkably strong. Retail sales...

HERE TO SERVE: Milena Pagan, left, pours mimosas for Jessica Tynan, center, of Salem, Conn., and Rebecca Saenz of Cambridge, Mass., at Little Sister LLC on Hope Street in Providence. Pagan owns Little Sister and Rebelle Artisan Bagels LLC.  PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Pagan left corporate life to be a bagel artisan

Business Women 05/26/2023

PBN 2023 Business Women Awards ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Milena Pagan | Rebelle Artisan Bagels LLC owner MILENA PAGAN WAS A RETAIL STRATEGIST for CVS Health Corp....