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Longtime Westerly Community Credit Union leader Andrew Rogers named CEO

Financial Services 02/02/2026

WESTERLY – Andrew Rogers has been appointed CEO of Westerly Community Credit Union, the local financial cooperative announced Monday. Rogers, who was named president in...

HANDIWORK: Tool maker Bobby Bianca operates a milling machine on the production floor at Warwick Hanger Co. in Westerly.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

MEET THE MAKERS: Westerly factory specializes in crucial, mostly concealed, construction...

Cover Story 01/16/2026

(Editor’s note: This is the 41st installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, D-Warwick, will be the guest speaker at the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce’s Eggs & Issues Breakfast event on Jan. 7 at Kirkbrae Country Club in Lincoln, where he will discuss his 2026 legislative agenda.  PBN FILE PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Editor’s Choice: Shekarchi to discuss 2026 agenda at Northern R.I. Chamber...

Print Edition 12/05/2025

EDITOR’S CHOICE Shekarchi to discuss 2026 agenda at Chamber breakfast THE NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND Chamber of Commerce will hold an Eggs & Issues Breakfast, hosted...

Stephen J. White

Financial Services 08/29/2025

PBN Leaders & Achievers Awards 2025 STEPHEN J. WHITE Westerly Community Credit Union CEO and president AFTER MORE THAN four decades in the credit union industry,...

WHALE OF A TIME: One SouthCoast Chamber of Commerce will hold a Business After Hours networking event at the New Bedford Whaling Museum on Aug. 7. COURTESY NEW BEDFORD WHALING MUSEUM

Editor’s Choice: Chamber to hold networking event at whaling museum

Print Edition 08/01/2025

EDITOR’S CHOICE Chamber to hold networkingevent at whaling museum ONE SOUTHCOAST CHAMBER of Commerce will hold a Business After Hours networking event, hosted by...

ON THE WATER: The Rhode Island Manufacturers Association will hold its annual Summer Social on Aug. 6 at The Overlook at Meehan in North Providence.  PBN PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

Editor’s Choice: R.I. Manufacturers Association to hold Summer Social event

Print Edition 07/18/2025

EDITOR’S CHOICE R.I. Manufacturers Association to hold Summer Social event THE RHODE ISLAND Manufacturers Association will hold its annual Summer Social event. Along with...

Summer 2025 Blue & You Regional Speaker Series launches June 18

Technology 06/10/2025

NEWPORT – The fifth annual Summer 2025 Blue & You Regional Speaker Series, a collaboration between Innovate Newport, Ocean Tech Hub and the Grow Blue Strategy,...

Ocean Community Chamber buys blighted Westerly building for $350K

Business Services 04/17/2025

WESTERLY – The Ocean Community Chamber of Commerce announced on Wednesday that it has purchased a blighted building in downtown Westerly, which it plans...

Layton named next publisher of PBN

Leadership 12/06/2024

PROVIDENCE – Providence Business News on Friday announced that Sales Manager John Layton will serve as its next publisher, replacing the retiring Annemarie Brisson. Brisson...