SUCCESS STORY: Lisa J. Raiola is the founder of Hope & Main, a Warren-based food-startup incubator that has worked with more than 350 businesses. Three of the 51 initial PBN Something New small businesses are either graduates or current members of Hope & Main.  / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

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WARREN – Food-business incubator Hope & Main is bringing its small businesses online.The group has teamed up with Providence-based food-technology company Crave Food Systems...

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Lisa Raiola | Founder, Hope & MainIs Rhode Island a good place to grow jobs? Why? Yes, it’s a fantastic place to grow jobs...

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THE PROPERTY AT 1538 Center Road in New Shoreham sold for $3.5 million. / COURTESY LILA DELMAN REAL ESTATE

Block Island home sells for $3.5M

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RHODE ISLAND construction employment increased 3.8 percent year over year from 18,300 to 19,000 jobs. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

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RHODE ISLAND'S 4 PERCENT unemployment rate in August was the second highest in New England, while its 0.4 percentage-point unemployment rate decline year over year was the region's largest unemployment rate drop. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/LUKE SHARRETT

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THE RHODE ISLAND COALITION for the Homeless named its eight award winners that will be honored at its 30th anniversary awards breakfast on Oct. 1 at the Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS

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THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND, along with Wheaton College out of Norton, Mass. and eight additional New England colleges and universities, joined forces earlier this week to create the New England Humanities Consortium. / COURTESY URI

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