Tag: Lead Story
September CCI holds at 67
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Calling the third quarter of 2018 “disappointing at best,” University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro’s Current Conditions Index report measured...
Hope Point Tower moves forward to Providence City Council
PROVIDENCE — The Fane Organization’s proposed residential tower in Providence moved forward to City Council consideration Thursday with a recommendation for approval.
The vote by...
Paxson, Babineau lead honorees at PBN 2018 Business Excellence Awards
PROVIDENCE – With more than 225 of the region’s business leaders in attendance, Brown University President Christina H. Paxson and Lifespan President and CEO...
Raimondo and Elorza re-elected by wide margins, R.I. voters approve all...
PROVIDENCE – Voters returned both Gov. Gina M. Raimondo and Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza to second terms on Tuesday by wide margins, according to preliminary...
CVS reports $1.4B Q3 profit, expects to close Aetna deal by...
WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp. posted net income of $1.4 billion in the third quarter of 2018, an 8.2 percent increase year over year,...
Provant Health to lay off 92 workers, close following acquisition
WARWICK – Hooper Holmes Inc., doing business as Provant Health, filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notice, or WARN, with the R.I. Department of...
6-10 Connector Interchange work advances on Nov. 9; RIDOT sees delays
PROVIDENCE – Work on the 6-10 Connector Interchange reconstruction will advance starting Friday Nov. 9, which will result in traffic pattern changes, the R.I....
Newport carriage house sold for $7M
NEWPORT – A former carriage house for a grand estate in Newport has sold for $6.99 million, according to Teri Degnan Real Estate &...
R.I. Q3 single-family home prices increase 3.8% even as sales drop
PROVIDENCE – The median price of a single-family home in the third quarter increased 3.8 percent year over year in Rhode Island to $275,000,...
PBN Health Care Summit: Waste remains, ACA stability threatened
WARWICK — Health care waste remains a challenge and opioid overdose care needs long-term direction, while federally induced instability continues to threaten Affordable Care...



















