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Groundbreaking held for new Harborside Inn on Block Island

NEW SHOREHAM – State and local officials on Friday broke ground for a new Harborside Inn, WPRI-TV CBS 12 reported Friday.  The iconic landmark was...

DCYF warning to union leader raises First Amendment concerns, ACLU says

What can a union official say in a public hearing about specific reports of child abuse? That’s the First Amendment question now animating a back-and-forth...

R.I. officials break ground for new girls behavior health care campus

A new behavioral health care campus for adolescent girls who would otherwise have to seek treatment outside Rhode Island is coming to state owned...

Office of Child Advocate faults St. Mary’s Home for Children for...

“I like not getting into restraints every second. I like being able to go on the computer. Also I like my teacher.”   That’s one of...

McKee calls for salary flexibility to help fill state health director...

Dr. Jim McDonald’s skillful explanations of complicated public health topics during the COVID-19 pandemic – showing how the virus spreads with a jar of...

St. Mary’s Home for Children names interim executive director after scathing...

PROVIDENCE – Just one day after details of a report raising concerns about the safety and care provided at St. Mary’s Home for Children,...
STATE LEADERS ARE in a good financial position with a $610 million surplus projected for fiscal 2023, but some say a lot of that money is because several state agencies have been understaffed and overworked. / PBN FILE PHOTO/CASSIUS SHUMAN

Some R.I. officials say job vacancies a big part of projected...

The projected $610 million budget surplus awaiting the General Assembly and the administration of Gov. Daniel J. McKee has been the subject of speculation...
CLASS LEADER: Middle school teacher Jana Gasboro helps a student at St. Mary’s Home for Children in North Providence. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Social-service organizations finding ways to stay essential, even in hard times

Providing essential services to those with disabilities can be challenging in the best of times. But as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted life for many people,...
BELIEVING IN CHANGE: Day One Executive Director Peg Langhammer continues to advocate for systematic changes as to how Rhode Island addresses sexual assault and abuse. / COURTESY PEG LANGHAMMER

Langhammer has been making a difference in society since day one

PBN BUSINESS WOMEN AWARDS 2020 CAREER ACHIEVER: Peg Langhammer | Day One PEG LANGHAMMER was always driven to make a difference. She grew up in the...
NEW DESIGN: The staff at Loft LLC, an industrial design company, has recently pivoted its work to designing and building contactless COVID-19 testing trailers for use by the National Guard. From left, Scott Noh, product design; Jeanette Numbers, co-founder; Nari Shin, designer/textile specialist. In the background is David Baker, director of engineering. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Startup shake-up: Entrepreneurs scramble to revamp business plans

Like many college seniors, biomedical student Abbie Kohler and engineering student Greg Fine were disheartened to have their final semester suddenly cut short and...
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