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No threats found after Providence City Hall evacuated due to reports...

PROVIDENCE – Reports of a downtown gunman armed with a rifle were unfounded, according to city officials who provided an update late Tuesday. Around 3 p.m., police were...
ON GUARD: Becky and Tim Clark, owners of The Beachead restaurant on Block Island, say business hasn’t been quite as robust so far this summer. 
PBN PHOTO/ K. CURTIS

R.I. tourism stays local: Regional campaigns lead the way this summer

Just days before the start of the high season in Newport in early July, local tourism officials gathered to talk status and strategy. At the...
Joseph Mulligan / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Five Questions With: Joseph Mulligan

Joseph Mulligan | Director of planning and development, city of Providence 1. What are your priorities for Providence as the city’s new director of...
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Most-read stories on PBN.com, March 2023

1. Cannabis company buys Warwick restaurant building for $2.25M POSTED ONLINE: MARCH 9 The vacant restaurant building that previously was the home of Agaves Mexican Grill...
AMPED UP: Zachary Cobb, left, Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence vice president of services, and Steven Ilmrud, vice president of operations, demonstrate one of the charging stations at the North Kingstown company that are part of the company’s ambitious plans to offset the emissions it produces with renewable energy or credits by 2030. 
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

LOST IN EMISSIONS: Businesses befuddled by state’s net-zero goals

So far, the 10 electric vehicle charging stations tucked away in the corner of the 200-space parking lot at Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence Inc. haven’t...
RENEWED INTEREST: Pawtucket Foundation Executive Director Jan A. Brodie stands in front of the Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center, which has been attracting residential and commercial development interest to the area since opening on Jan. 23. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center seeing heavy traffic, development interest

The long-awaited Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center is finally here, and many agree it’s been a success so far. The new transit center – comprised of...

R.I. awarded another $55.9M in federal infrastructure funds

PROVIDENCE – The state will receive an additional $55.9 million in federal funding for public transportation, members of the R.I. congressional delegation announced Wednesday. The...

RIPTA receives $5M in federal Safe Streets funding

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Public Transit Authority will receive $5 million to develop a Safe Streets action plan covering 29 communities across the state,...

What’s R.I.’s solution to prevent data breaches?

The state hasn’t been immune to major data breaches – the latest example being an R.I. Department of Health mishap that exposed the protected...

ACLU files lawsuit against RIPTA, United Healthcare over data breach

PROVIDENCE – Earlier this year, Alexandra Morelli received a distressing notification: Her personal data had been compromised in an August 2021 cyberattack on the...
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