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A HEALTHY PLACE: Dr. Pablo Rodriguez has created what he calls a social venture, Nuestra Salud Productions LLC, to provide health information to the Latino community in Rhode Island. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Everybody’s Business: The doctor’s dishing out doses of health facts to...

(Editor’s note: This is the 45th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
A BETTER FUTURE: 
In 2009, Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council Inc. created The RI Cross Disability Coalition to focus on individuals with various disabilities and offer them ways to have career opportunities. Pictured, from left, are Kevin Nerney, the council’s executive director; Deanne Gagne, member of the RI Cross Disability Coalition; Sue Babin, the council’s special projects director; and coalition member Tanja Blicker-Ucran.
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

R.I. Developmental Disabilities Council creates new ways of thinking to aid...

PBN Diversity Equity & Inclusion 2023 Awards Nonprofit/Social Services: Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council Inc. ORGANIZATIONS STRIVING TO DO BETTER to be more diverse, equitable...
HEALTHY CHOICES: Anusha Venkataraman, managing director of the Central Providence Opportunities Health Equity Zone, at Merino Park in Providence, where residents in several city neighborhoods voted to install composting toilets, as well as make improvements at other city parks. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

These Providence residents were asked how best to spend $1M in...

If you were given $1 million to improve the health and wellness of the people in your neighborhood, how would you spend it? That question...

Appleland Orchard property in Smithfield sells for $1.1M

SMITHFIELD – The Appleland Orchard property at 135 Smith Ave. recently sold for $1.1 million, marking the highest commercial sale in the town in...
VOTERS WITHIN RHODE ISLAND'S 1st Congressional District will take to the polls this fall for the special election on the soon-to-be-vacated seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. / PBN FILE PHOTO

Dates for special R.I. congressional election set for Sept. 5 and...

PROVIDENCE – Voters deciding on Rhode Island’s next congressional member in the U.S. House of Representatives will take to the polls late this summer...

R.I. launches online ballot tracker ahead of primaries

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Office of the Secretary of State is again offering live voting updates leading up to the Sept. 13 primaries. Secretary of...

Watwood selected to paint Statehouse portrait of Raimondo

PROVIDENCE – Patricia Watwood, a Brooklyn, N.Y., resident and artist, has been selected by Gina M. Raimondo, former Rhode Island governor and current U.S....

Blow Molded Specialties plant in Pawtucket sells for $2M

PAWTUCKET – The former home of Blow Molded Specialties at 535 Prospect St. in Pawtucket recently sold for $2 million, according to public records. The...

Common Cause RI makes public push for independent redistricting board

PROVIDENCE – In each of the last two years, Common Cause Rhode Island has made efforts to get legislation passed to have new legislative...

Gorbea provides update on elections administration, cybersecurity improvements

PROVIDENCE – Secretary of State Nellie M. Gorbea recently met with political and civic leaders to provide an update on improvements made in elections...
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