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Ocean Community Chamber buys blighted Westerly building for $350K
WESTERLY – The Ocean Community Chamber of Commerce announced on Wednesday that it has purchased a blighted building in downtown Westerly, which it plans...
Overwhelmed by debt, NicoBella’s in Providence to close: ‘I believed the...
PROVIDENCE – NicoBella's Family Restaurant is closing at the end of this month, swamped by post-pandemic debt after a decade of serving the downtown...
Roberts named SBA’s 2025 Small Business Person of the Year in...
PROVIDENCE – Kaitlyn Roberts, CEO of Easy Entertaining Inc., has been named the 2025 Small Business Administration's Small Business Person of the Year in...
SkillsRI launches Woonsocket Small Business HUB
WOONSOCKET – Skills for Rhode Island’s Future has launched the Small Business HUB to help empower entrepreneurs and small businesses across the city.
Located inside...
Johnston Town Council votes in favor of land taking by eminent...
JOHNSTON – The Town Council voted unanimously on Thursday to take a developer's land by eminent domain again in yet another chapter of a...
Johnston eminent domain case dismissed in Superior Court
JOHNSTON – A Providence County Superior Court judge has dismissed the town's eminent domain case amidst efforts to seize 31 acres of land from...
New CEO, several board members to step down from Ocean Biomedical
PROVIDENCE – Four out of nine members of Ocean Biomedical Inc.'s board of directors, including the new CEO, are stepping down amidst a larger...
McKee’s proposed pay raises for 11 cabinet directors criticized at public...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee's proposed pay raises for 11 state cabinet directors were widely criticized during Wednesday's public hearing at the R.I....
Providence Place requiring teens to have adult with them after 5...
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Place mall is updating its code of conduct with several new security measures, including requiring teens under 18 to be...
Developers file lawsuit after Johnston seizes land through eminent domain
JOHNSTON – The family-owned developer whose 31 acres of undeveloped land was seized by the town is speaking out after filing a lawsuit against...