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  R.I.’s new COVID-19 vaccine strategy will involve family doctors
  
  May 7, 2021 4:46 am
  
  The R.I. Department of Health is moving to include primary care doctors – the health care professionals with the most intimate knowledge of people’s...
  
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  List: Business & Professional Associations
  
  May 7, 2021 12:23 am
  
  Total number of members: 36,820 The complete list is available for purchase online. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to make additions or...
  
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  List: Chambers of Commerce
  
  May 7, 2021 12:21 am
  
  Re-ranked by newest chamber: 1. One SouthCoast | Year founded: 2020 2. Tri-Town | Year founded: 1985 3. Charlestown | Year founded: 1984 The complete list is available...
  
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  CULTURE SHIFT: Offices in post-pandemic era likely will never...
  
  April 30, 2021 4:00 am
  
  After months of working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, Patrick Nee welcomed a return to the normal rhythms of a company office. His Boston-based...
  
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  RIDOT taps brakes on bus hub plan
  
  April 30, 2021 3:23 am
  
  After insisting for months that the proposal to split up the Kennedy Plaza bus hub had already received adequate vetting and opportunity for public...
  
  Coronavirus
  
  R.I. health centers get crucial cash injection
  
  April 30, 2021 3:09 am
  
  Karen Mazzola had tears in her eyes when she administered Thundermist Health Center’s first COVID-19 vaccine shot late last year. “I was just overwhelmed with...
  
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  Five Questions With: Shannon Gilkey
  
  April 30, 2021 2:52 am
  
  Shannon Gilkey | Commissioner on postsecondary education 1. As the new higher-ed chief, what is your vision for at Rhode Island College and Community...
  
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  Push on to make benefits of telehealth permanent
  
  April 30, 2021 2:47 am
  
  Seeing a doctor became much easier in the pandemic for many people who avoided travel time, office waits and the risk of exposure to...
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  Five Questions With: Carla Mulhern
  
  May 11, 2021 10:30 pm
  
  Carla Mulhern is the new executive director of the American Heart Association’s Southern New England market. She was previously the area director at the...
  
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  R.I. reports 90% of people 60 and older vaccinated...
  
  May 11, 2021 11:39 am
  
  PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island continues to make steady progress in vaccination across various age groups, with more than 90% of people age 60 and...
  
  Coronavirus
  
  R.I. opens eligibility for 12- to 15-year-olds for Pfizer...
  
  May 11, 2021 9:43 am
  
  PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island expects to open eligibility for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to 12- to 15-year-olds today, once state health officials have updated the...
  
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  Pro-Change Behavior Systems awarded $378.5K from NIH
  
  May 10, 2021 3:47 pm
  
  SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Pro-Change Behavior Systems Inc. has been awarded a $378,553 grant from the National Institutes of Health for development of an individualized...
  
  Health Services
  
  Rubius Therapeutics posts $42.3M loss in Q1
  
  May 10, 2021 9:58 am
  
  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Rubius Therapeutics Inc. reported a $42.3 million loss in the first quarter of 2021, or 51 cents per diluted share, the...
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  Brown awards $474K to support equity, excellence in Providence...
  
  May 11, 2021 10:45 pm
  
  PROVIDENCE – Brown University has awarded $474,000 in grants from its Fund for the Education of the Children of Providence to the Providence Public...
  
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  Bryant University to fully reopen its campus June 1
  
  May 11, 2021 10:20 pm
  
  SMITHFIELD – Bryant University’s campus will fully reopen its 428-acre campus on June 1, with all the university’s employees expected to work on-site by...
  
  Education
  
  URI names Kothari new Harrington School director
  
  May 11, 2021 10:00 pm
  
  SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Ammina Kothari, an associate professor and director of graduate programs at the Rochester Institute of Technology’s School of Communication in Henrietta,...
  
  Coronavirus
  
  Johnson & Wales University requiring all students to be...
  
  May 11, 2021 11:24 am
  
  PROVIDENCE – Johnson & Wales University is the latest local college to require all students to be vaccinated before the upcoming fall semester. The university...
  
  Education
  
  RISD receives $4M anonymous gift to help renovate Metcalf...
  
  May 10, 2021 3:18 pm
  
  PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island School of Design announced Monday that it has received a $4 million anonymous donation to help revitalize the century-old...
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  R.I. mortgage delinquency rises to 5.3% in February
  
  May 11, 2021 9:43 am
  
  PROVIDENCE – The share of mortgages in Rhode Island in February that were 30 days or more delinquent was 5.3%, an increase from 4.2%...
  
  Real Estate
  
  Warwick waterfront home sells for $1.79M
  
  May 7, 2021 2:54 pm
  
  WARWICK – Waterfront property at 276 Channel View Ave. has sold for $1.79 million, the highest home sale in the city since 2019, according...
  
  Real Estate
  
  Richmond estate with 158 acres, private banquet hall, sold...
  
  May 6, 2021 11:04 pm
  
  RICHMOND – A 158-acre property in Richmond with five buildings, including a private banquet hall, has sold for $1.3 million. The property, at 54 Bucknam...
  
  Real Estate
  
  Shingle-style house in Middletown sold for $1.7M
  
  May 6, 2021 11:03 pm
  
  MIDDLETOWN – A three-bedroom, shingle-style home on 2.7 acres has sold for $1.7 million. The property includes a primary bedroom overlooking a saltwater pool,...
  
  Government
  
  Providence City Council gives first approval to revised TSA...
  
  May 6, 2021 11:02 am
  
  PROVIDENCE – Compromise legislation imposing wage standards for larger development projects that receive city tax breaks while exempting smaller-dollar projects received the initial green light...
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President Joe Biden extends eviction and foreclosure moratoriums

Real Estate January 20, 2021 10:20 pm

PROVIDENCE – In his first day in office, President Joe Biden signed a series of executive orders, including one that extends an existing moratorium...

R.I. Food Bank’s hunger report: Hunger insecurity in state reaches record...

Coronavirus November 23, 2020 6:19 am

PROVIDENCE – About one in four households in Rhode Island lacks adequate food and underlying medical conditions that increase the risk of severe illness...

THE R.I. DEPARTMENT of Environmental Management has awarded $130,008 in federally funded farm viability grants. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

DEM awards $130K to boost specialty crops

Food & Agriculture November 2, 2020 3:28 pm

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management announced $130,008 in farm viability grants to four organizations on Monday. The funds come from the US....

R.I. oyster farmers to get $1.7M from feds

Food & Agriculture September 25, 2020 11:46 am

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s oyster farmers are due to receive $1.7 million in federal assistance to restore oyster reefs and create new habitats on...

LOADING UP: Ric Wild, executive director at the Good Neighbors Inc. food pantry in East Providence, loads bags of food into a vehicle while volunteer Elaine Fredrick fills boxes. / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

STARVING FOR HELP: Needy flock to R.I.’s overwhelmed food pantries

Coronavirus May 22, 2020 4:00 am

IT'S COMMON for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center Executive Director Heather Hole Strout to see adults and the elderly seeking food at...

Farm Fresh RI, R.I. Food Bank approved for USDA’s new food...

Nonprofit May 12, 2020 10:10 pm

PROVIDENCE – Farm Fresh Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Community Food Bank will collaborate to provide up to 3,750 boxes of food per...

GETTING HEATED: Green Development CEO Mark DePasquale is pictured at a solar array in West Greenwich, one of several the company has built across the state. The renewable energy developer has faced opposition from towns and environmentalists due to clear-cutting of forests required for its projects. / PBN PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

Solar flare-up: Solar farms facing backlash across Ocean State

Cover Story February 28, 2020 4:01 am

(Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on the challenges and opportunities of solar- and wind-farm development in Rhode Island and...

THE DEM has made $150,000 available in the form of farm viability grants. Above are Rhode Island grown peppers. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

DEM: $150K available for farm viability grants

Government January 23, 2020 2:47 pm

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management says $150,000 in farm viability grant funding is available for projects that enhance a farm’s competitiveness...

URI to offer scholarships in sustainable agriculture to youths from ‘food...

Education November 26, 2019 10:20 pm

PROVIDENCE – The University of Rhode Island, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will offer five scholarships next year for youths from...

Southside Community Land Trust gets $600K from feds to help new...

Food & Agriculture November 12, 2019 5:42 pm

CRANSTON – The Southside Community Land Trust has launched a $600,000 federally funded initiative to help beginning farmers access resources, tools and training, Sen....

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