Tag: Lead Story
Plans for $70M project anchored by new BankRI HQ scrapped in...
PROVIDENCE – A $70 million development project on former Interstate 195 land that was to be anchored by a new headquarters of Bank Rhode...
Hasbro returns to profitability in 2024 after $1.5B loss a year...
PAWTUCKET – Hasbro Inc. on Thursday reported a $385.6 million profit for 2024 as it drastically cut costs and expenses, allowing the company to...
CNE reports $3.4M operating gain in Q1
PROVIDENCE – Care New England Health System started fiscal year 2025 strong, posting a $3.4 million operating gain through the first quarter ending Dec....
Herb Chambers auto chain sold to Ga.-based Asbury for $1.34B
PROVIDENCE – Herb Chambers Cos. has sold its chain of auto dealerships to Georgia-based Asbury Automotive Group Inc. for $1.34 billion, the company announced...
RIFC, Tidewater Landing stadium to hold job fair on Feb. 24
PAWTUCKET – The stadium at Tidewater Landing has put up a “help wanted” sign.
Stadium and Rhode Island FC officials on Monday announced they will...
Panel to consider proposal for new Providence Department of Public Works...
PROVIDENCE – City officials are making progress on plans for a new Department of Public Works complex.
Plans for the building, which would be located...
PBN Summit: Demographics, political trends difficult for R.I. workforce
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island employers and stakeholder organizations struggling to train, recruit and retain talent in today's economic and political climate will be trying...
Report: Providence residents feel state intervention of schools going in ‘wrong...
PROVIDENCE – A new report released Wednesday by Mayor Brett P. Smiley’s office highlights where some community stakeholders stand on how the state’s intervention...
Panelists: State’s blue economy faces choppy waters without federal funding
MIDDLETOWN – Martin Sabarsky, CEO of Cellana Inc., was clear Tuesday in his message about the future of the state’s blue economy, an industry...
McKee: R.I. small-business owners need to stay the course amid federal...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Monday urged Rhode Island's small-business owners to stay the course and strategize amid the current federal funding...



















