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TAKING OVER: The Res American Bistro at Washington and Empire streets in downtown Providence closed in 2025, one of numerous restaurants that closed its doors in recent years, but 10 Prime Seafood quickly remodeled and moved in soon after. 
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For small businesses, the uphill climb was never-ending

For Rhode Island’s small businesses, the last five years have demanded constant adjustment. Pandemic shutdowns in early 2020, rising wages, labor shortages and new infrastructure...

State budget funds behavioral health training for out-of-school program staffs

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island's fiscal year 2027 state budget will allocate funding to enhance the training of staff in after-school programs, summer camps and...

Legislation introduced that would give residents ‘right to repair’

PROVIDENCE – Rep. Mary Ann Shallcross Smith, D-Lincoln, has introduced two bills aimed at protecting residents' right to repair their possessions. The bills address anti-competitive...
DEALING WITH IT: Gregory Stevens, owner and operator of Pat’s Italian Restaurants, says market forces have driven wages higher at his eateries in recent years, so the Rhode Island minimum wage hike going into effect on Jan. 1 will have a limited impact on his business. 
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New minimum wage has some bracing for impact

Gregory Stevens, owner and operator of Pat’s Italian Restaurants, remembers only a few years back when he paid his line cooks $15 an hour. “And...
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Shallcross Smith earns Barbara C. Burlingame Award from Northern R.I. Chamber

REP. MARY ANN SHALLCROSS SMITH, D-Lincoln, recently received the Barbara C. Burlingame Award from the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce. The award recognizes...
HELPING HAND: Brian Dacier, an instructor for William M. Davies, Jr. Career & Technical High School in Lincoln, works with senior student Taliya Robillard-Montas, who is part of the school’s advanced manufacturing program. 
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Davies Tech provides a win-win growth partnership to build the industry

PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024 EXCELLENCE IN COLLABORATION: William M. Davies Jr. Career & Technical High School SUSAN VOTTO, administrator of career and technical education at William...

R.I. legislators pass bill to keep medical debt off credit reports

PROVIDENCE – The General Assembly recently passed legislation that would protect Rhode Islanders from credit problems resulting from medical debts. The bills sponsored by Rep....
LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER: Amy Vogel, CEO and operations officer for Dr. Day Care, now leads the organization that her mother, Mary Ann Shallcross Smith, founded. 
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Dr. Day Care’s Vogel grew up in the family business

2024 Business Women Awards WOMAN TO WATCH | SOCIAL SERVICES: Amy Vogel Dr. Day Care CEO and operations officer AMY VOGEL WAS BORN into the field...
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