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Aspen Aerogels oven that exploded had open permits, no final inspection

EAST PROVIDENCE – A drying oven involved in Wednesday’s explosion at Aspen Aerogels Inc. that injured 11 workers had open permits that were never finalized...

Lists: Adult Education Programs

Total adult education students:8,209 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. List researched by MESJ Associates. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or...

Lists: Online Degrees and Programs

Total students enrolled in online programs: 5,362 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. List researched by MESJ Associates. For information about participating in PBN’s...

Explosion at Aspen Aerogels: ‘It’s a miracle nobody was killed’

EAST PROVIDENCE – Aspen Aerogels Inc.’s manufacturing plant will remain closed until investigators can ensure it is safe to resume operations after an explosion...

Former Providence police chief named head of security at Brown University

PROVIDENCE – Former city police leader Hugh T. Clements Jr. has been named vice president for public safety and emergency management and chief of...

WalletHub: R.I. seventh-best state in nation for working from home

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is the seventh-best state in the nation for working from home, according to WalletHub.  The personal finance website based in Washington,...

America250-Enduring Success: The John Stevens Shop

(Editor’s note: This is the third installment in a weekly series featuring Rhode Island’s oldest companies as the nation approaches the 250th anniversary of...

Newport Hospital birthing center to remain open, will require $4.9M in...

NEWPORT – The Noreen Stonor Drexel Birthing Center at Newport Hospital will remain open following the review of a community advisory panel but will...
DR. CHRISTOPHER OTTIANO, second from left, interim chief medical officer and medical director at Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island, speaks during one of two panel discussions during Providence Business News' Health Care Summit at Marriott Providence on Thursday. Also on the panel are, from left, Joseph Trunzo, associate director of Bryant University's School of Health and Behavioral Sciences; Linda Hurley, CODAC Inc. CEO and president; and Meghan Grady, Meals on Wheels of RI Inc. executive director. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN health care summit: Multifaceted approach needed to repair R.I.’s ailing...

PROVIDENCE – When primary care providers choose to practice in Massachusetts or Connecticut over Rhode Island, it’s not about luxury.  Across the board, the Ocean...

Report: R.I. manufacturing sector looks to new markets, investments in workforce...

PROVIDENCE – From accelerating industry adoption of new technologies, opening up access to new markets and strengthening talent pipelines through job training and collaboration,...
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