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Federal Hill restaurateur dies in Dominican nightclub roof collapse

PROVIDENCE – A Federal Hill restaurateur was among the deaths in the roof collapse that killed 124 people in the Dominican Republic on Tuesday.  In...

R.I. hopes to again score big with ‘March Madness’ in town

PROVIDENCE – True basketball madness is coming to Rhode Island’s capital city for the first time in close to a decade. With that, local hospitality...
RICK SIMONE, pictured along Federal Hill in Providence in 2023, is president of the Federal Hill Commerce Association and managing director of the Rhode Island Small Business Coalition. He supports easing music and dancing restrictions at Providence restaurants. PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Music, dancing: Restaurant owners say they need a change in Providence

Providence City Council President Rachel M. Miller has put on hold a proposal to loosen music and dancing restrictions at restaurants citywide after some...
WILL A NEW LAW in Massachusetts mandating that certain employers disclose salary ranges in job posting force Rhode Island employers to take similar steps in order to compete in the job market? / PBN FILE PHOTO/NICOLE DOTZENROD

Salary-disclosure law in Mass. may have some fallout in R.I.

A Massachusetts law set to take effect next year requiring some employers to disclose salary ranges when posting job openings may have collateral repercussions...

Stores divided on pot shop zoning

A proposal to allow retail cannabis shops to open in more parts of Providence has business owners split over whether they’d welcome those businesses...

Help is not on the way, business owners hurt by Washington...

Harut Matkasyan watches cars back up from the Interstate 195 Washington Bridge to his East Providence restaurant with a growing sense of hopelessness.  The streets...

Federal Hill restaurant closes temporarily following stabbing

PROVIDENCE – VL Restaurant and Lounge on Federal Hill is temporarily closed following a weekend stabbing on the premises. The decision to close for at...
COMPANY CRED: Bacary Diatta says his food company Kassumay LLC is going well, but it could be doing better if it was easier to obtain a business loan. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Fear grows about reduced ability to access capital

When Bacary Diatta moved from Senegal to the United States in 2018, he knew he wanted to start a business that would add value...
THE CROWDS that showed up at previous PVDFests downtown didn't materialize this year at the 195 District Park, in part because of miserable weather. But some say the festival needs to move back to downtown. / COURTESY PVDFEST

Figuring out the future of PVDFest

PVDFest will return next year, but Providence Mayor Brett P. Smiley's administration is beginning the process of figuring out what it will look like...
REACTIONS TO THIS PAST weekend's PVDFest remain mixed, with some community members feel the lack of activity downtown impacted both the event and businesses. / COURTESY PVDFEST

After weekend festival, emotions on PVDFest remain mixed

PROVIDENCE – PVDFest this past weekend, according to some business leaders, was a tale of two cities. After several changes were made, including moving PVDFest...
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