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THE U.S. is experiencing a lack of skilled labor amid a tight labor market. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/MARK KAUZLARICH

Opinion: Employers can’t retrain the U.S. workforce by themselves

Op-Ed 08/14/2019

Regardless of industry, today’s workers are bound by a common anxiety: their jobs will one day be performed by robots. While the threat is more imminent...

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Choose purposeful growth in uncertain times

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BALANCED APPROACH: Blaine’s Sewing Machine Center owners Kate and Tim Palaski maintain an old-school mentality of supporting the customer and offering unique services while adapting to change with the times. PBN PHOTO/STEPHANIE BERNABA

Sewing success with new owners 

08/14/2026

HELPING HAND: Dan Wood, owner and founder of DWRI Letterpress LLC print shop, works in 2008 with Lois Harada, shop manager, on the Polyman 50 automatic-fed cylinder letterpress at the shop’s headquarters in Providence.  PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Still profiting from hands-on printmaking

08/14/2026

RICH TRADITION: David Grande, owner of Savon Shoes, at the company’s North Providence location. Grande bought Jamiels Shoe World in 2013.  PBN PHOTO/ STEPHANIE BERNABA

Savon continues Jamiels legacy

08/14/2026

TAKING OVER: Henry Lopez-Melgar, a longtime team member who spent much of his career working his way up from washing dishes and preparing food to management responsibilities at Tito’s Cantina in Middletown, is now the restaurant’s new owner.  PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Melgar adding to winning hand

08/14/2026

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