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IN STITCHES: Lindsay Degen is the owner of Knit Club in Providence, which offers knitting and crocheting classes, as well as tools and yarn. PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

She’s not one to follow the familiar pattern

Business Women 04/10/2026

Knitting is having a moment. Your granny’s favorite hobby is now a Zen-like pastime in an increasingly frayed-nerves world, with 28 million knitting posts...

VISITING DAY: Interaction with pets is part of the Memory Cafe at the Wingate Residences on the East Side in Providence. The cafe, a kind of social group offered to those facing dementia, restarted in October for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.  PBN PHOTO/ARTISTIC IMAGES

In-person memory cafes return with help from assisted living communities

Health Matters 11/22/2024

Laurie Gunter Mantz tried hosting memory cafes over Zoom for months. But it just wasn’t working. Memory cafes are gatherings meant to provide those living...

Public voices displeasure at Washington Bridge update meeting

Economy 10/17/2024

PROVIDENCE – A virtual meeting Thursday with Gov. Daniel J. McKee and the R.I. Department of Transportation on the status of the Washington Bridge demolition was...

VIRTUAL CONNECTION: Gov. Daniel J. McKee holds a Facebook Live event on June 3 to discuss health care in Rhode Island. Panelists included, clockwise, Womazetta Jones, secretary of R.I. Executive Office of Health and Human Services; Stefan Pryor, commerce secretary; Patrick Tigue, the state health insurance commissioner; Dr. Megan Ranney, of Brown University; and Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott, R.I. Department of Health director. It’s unclear what form these types of gatherings will take after the pandemic has passed.

Public officials ponder future of online meetings

Coronavirus 06/11/2021

Rhode Island public meetings have been virtual for more than a year. In that time, the audience for the meetings of public bodies such...

Virtual reality

Executive Poll 04/30/2021

Have virtual meetings been beneficial for your company since the pandemic began? Yes: 83.3% No: 16.7% We don’t hold virtual meetings: 0% Which platform do you use to...

PAPER TRAIL: Jeff Sweenor, founder, CEO and president of Sweenor Builders Inc., used to meet with all of his clients face to face to review paper blueprints of projects. Now most of the designs are reviewed in videoconferences. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Homebuilders discover tech can be a handy tool

Coronavirus 03/19/2021

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, when custom homebuilder Jeff Sweenor reviewed blueprints and spending plans with his clients, it was sometimes a haphazard task. First, clients...

Kahn, Litwin, Renza & Co. Ltd.

Business Services 10/01/2020

PBN Best Places to Work 2020 MIDSIZE COMPANIES 12. Kahn, Litwin, Renza & Co. Ltd. Employees in R.I.: 120 Managing Director Alan H. Litwin Questions answered by: Alan...

Bryant University helps people stay connected through a health crisis

Business Services 08/07/2020

Healthiest Employers of Rhode Island Awards 2020 | 500-1,499 EMPLOYEES 2. Bryant University | Ross Gittell, President | Number of employees: 692 IN ADDITION TO...