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FAMILY CONNECTION: Charles Chin, left, president of the Rhode Island chapter of the On Leong Chinese Merchants Association in Cranston, Peter Kwong, center, and Edward Moy look at an association flag. Moy’s grandfather was a past president of the association.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

What happened to Providence’s once-bustling Chinatown? It’s a forgotten story of...

Cover Story July 20, 2018 3:56 am

By the time Charles Chin arrived in Providence at the age of 4 in the mid-1950s, a new Chinatown was developing in the city.Gone...

ONE OF THE photos displayed as part of the Providence's Chinatown exhibit. The On Leong Chinese Merchants Association, which held its national conference at the Providence Biltmore, is one testament to the active Chinese business community that resided in downtown Providence during the early to mid-20th century. / COURTESY ANGELA FENG

Providence’s Chinatown exhibit documents history of city’s Chinese population

Education April 27, 2018 5:27 pm

PROVIDENCE – In the 1950s, Lilian Chin Godin grew up in a now-nonexistent, three-story mill building at 6 Warner’s Lane in downtown Providence, right...

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THE AVERAGE PRICE of regular gas in Rhode Island and Massachusetts declined this week to $2.68 per gallon and $2.71 per gallon, respectively. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/LUKE SHARRETT

R.I., Mass. gas prices drop in lead-up to Thanksgiving

November 19, 2018 1:46 pm

THE NAVAL UNDERSEA Warefare Center has awarded Rite-Solutions a five-year $49.6 million contract renewal for IT services for the NUWC's Activity Chief Information Officer/ Information Technology division. Above, Rite-Solutions President and CEO Dennis McLaughlin. / PBN FILE PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

NUWC renews $49.6M Rite-Solutions IT services contract

November 19, 2018 12:49 pm

THE RHODE ISLAND Community Food Bank reported that food insecurity in Rhode Island is on the rise as food cost inflation outpaces wage gains.

Report: Food insecurity in R.I. on the rise despite improving economy

November 19, 2018 11:52 am

CONFIDENCE AMONG U.S. homebuilders plummeted in November by the most since 2014. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/DANIEL ACKER

U.S. homebuilder index drops by most since ’14 as rates rise

November 19, 2018 11:13 am

DAVID'S BRIDAL filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with a plan to cut debt by more than $400 million and a deal with lenders that will keep stores open during a reorganization. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/JEENAH MOON

David’s Bridal files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware

November 19, 2018 9:27 am

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University Orthopedics partners with The Center for Orthopaedics

November 19, 2018 4:45 am

Tufts Health Plan Foundation awards $100K in 10 grants to R.I....

November 19, 2018 4:00 am

MARTHA SHERIDAN has announced she will step down as president and CEO of the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau in mid-December. / PBN FILE PHOTO / MICHAEL SALERNO

Sheridan to depart PWCVB for Boston CVB in Dec.

November 16, 2018 3:57 pm

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