John Elkhay, co-owner of the restaurant company Chow Fun Inc., is no stranger to navigating regulatory curveballs. With his company managing more than 200 employees across popular Providence ...

ERIC T. SHOEN, executive director of the Rhode Island College Foundation – the fundraising arm of the Providence-based state college, recently received the Meritorious Service Award from his alma ...

At FairyTea Room in Warren, it’s not uncommon for customers to arrive dressed a bit beyond the ordinary. “People will come here sometimes dressed to the nines, like with fancy dress and fancy hats,” ...

Darryl Lindie has been trying to boost benefits offerings for his employees since buying AA Sign & Awning in Warwick a few years ago. He’s crossed paid time off and health care benefits off the list.

While numerous bars in Providence offer karaoke nights, the city hosts just one karaoke lounge. But even looking beyond the capital city, The Boombox offers an experience that stands out among the ...

EDITOR’S CHOICE Newport Chamber to welcome Raiola as part of speaker series THE GREATER NEWPORT Chamber of Commerce will hold a discussion as part of its Conversations with Women of Distinction series ...

There will always be a market for beer but it is not unlimited, as local craft beer makers have learned in recent years. In 2011, Rhode Island was home to just six breweries. By 2024, there were 42, ...

The Trump administration’s widespread cancellation and freezing of clean energy funding is also hitting essential work to improve the nation’s power grid. Ending these projects leaves Americans ...

President Donald Trump’s administration now says that SNAP food aid for November will be reduced less than originally announced, the latest in a political and legal saga that impacts how about 1 in 8 ...

A 31-acre waterfront tract sold for $6.5 million, the highest price for an undeveloped land parcel in Little Compton in at least 20 years.

Aspen Aerogels Inc. reported a loss of $6.3 million in the third quarter of 2025, or 8 cents per diluted share, compared with a $13 million loss, or 17 cents per diluted share, the year prior.  The ...

The town’s school superintendent has been placed on administrative leave amid a legal investigation of an alleged hazing incident involving the high school football team, WPRI-TV CBS 12 reported. ...