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Lists: Family-Owned Businesses
Total number of local employees: 11,317
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Lists: Women-Run Businesses
Total number of employees: 34,349
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Lists: Indoor Recreation Facilities
Total square footage: 1,007,591
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McKee on R.I.’s business climate: ‘I know we’ve made progress’
(Editor's note: This exclusive interview with Gov. Daniel J. McKee is part of a two-story package on Rhode Island's business climate that will be...
Shop RI gearing up for biggest Small Business Saturday event yet
WARWICK – When Small Business Saturday Shop RI first launched in 2017, the event attracted around 93 vendors and 1,500 shoppers.
Now approaching its seventh...
Former Warwick home of Sen. John Chafee sells for record $3.4M
WARWICK – The legacy property that was owned by the family of the late Sen. John H. Chafee recently sold for $3.4 million, making...
ProvPort operator partners with Seattle-based company
PROVIDENCE – A private Seattle-based company is partnering with Waterson Terminal Services LLC, the company that operates ProvPort Inc., formerly known as the port...
Lists: Retirement Communities
Ranked by oldest communities:
1. Pine Hill Estates | Year established: 1972
2. Medway Place | Year established: 1987
3. Laurelmead Cooperative | Year established: 1994
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Lists: Assisting Living Facilities
Ranked by licensed beds:
1. Smithfield Woods | Licensed beds: 85
2. Anchor Bay at Greenwich | Licensed beds: 75
3. Wingate at Blackstone Boulevard | Licensed...
R.I. monthly unemployment rises slightly to 2.7%
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment in October was 2.7%, one-tenth of a percentage point higher than the previous month, the R.I. Department...


















