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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

Providence’s forgotten Chinatown

Cover Story July 20, 2018 3:56 am

What happened to Providence’s once-bustling Chinatown? It’s a forgotten story of prejudice – and perseverance. By the time Charles Chin arrived in Providence at the...

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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ORSTED AND EVERSOURCE have submitted a proposal for an offshore wind farm for Massachusetts. The proposal includes both a 400-megawatt iteration and an 800-megawatt option. Above, the Block Island Wind Farm. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/ ERIC THAYER

Orsted and Eversource submit proposal for second Mass. wind farm...

August 23, 2019 4:37 pm

U.S. STOCKS fell Friday on following the escalation of the U.S. and China trade war. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL NAGLE

Stocks sink, bonds gain as U.S.-China feud deepens

August 23, 2019 4:16 pm

MICHAEL CHAVES, owner of CAT Inc., an automobile transport company in East Providence, has pleaded guilty to charges of falsification of records, aggravated identity theft, five counts of bank fraud, two counts of wire fraud, and tax evasion. / COURTESY CAROL M. HIGHSMITH

Auto transport company owner pleads guilty to range of fraud crimes

August 23, 2019 3:27 pm

HARBORONE BANCORP rings the bell at the Nasdaq to start market trading Friday morning. / COURTESY NASDAQ

HarborOne rings in Nasdaq trading Friday morning

August 23, 2019 2:16 pm

THE R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES has been levied a $2 million payment to the USDA to reimburse SNAP program payment errors. The charge will be paid by Deloitte Consulting, according to state Executive Office of Health and Human Services.

Delloitte faces $2M payment of R.I. SNAP errors; USDA offers settlement,...

August 23, 2019 1:49 pm

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THE HONOREES of PBN's inaugural 25 Over Fifty-five event stand before Aldrich Mansion in Warwick on Thursday. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Inaugural 25 Over Fifty-five honorees feted for achievement, contributions

August 23, 2019 1:07 pm

URI School of Education hires Dennis as new director

August 23, 2019 4:50 am

NEW LAW: Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity CEO Mike Stenhouse believes a new law – requiring a 100% reimbursement rate for property taken by eminent domain within three opportunity zones in Pawtucket – is directed at the redevelopment of the former Apex department store.  / PBN FILE PHOTO/ARTISTIC IMAGES

Pawtucket wants ‘square deal’ under eminent domain

August 23, 2019 2:12 am

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