By K. JOSEPH SHEKARCHI Imagine this: you're a medical assistant and a single parent. You've worked hard to be self-sufficient, even taking the classes needed to obtain your certification. Yet you cannot afford to purchase a home anywhere in Rhode Island. more

Last spring, when the pandemic began ripping through Rhode Island's economy, painful budget cuts to social programs seemed not just possible, but likely. Progressives warned about the long-term fallout from an "austerity budget," even as joblessness more

Centerville Bank welcomed to Rolfe Square During a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week, Mayor Ken Hopkins officially welcomed Centreville Bank to 56 Rolfe Square. Centreville has nine branches in Rhode Island and eight in Connecticut, and the bank's more

Grade 8 High Honors: Amelia Albino, Chad Antonelli, Stalia Biosse, Cameron Bobek, Olivia Borders-Oliver, Ava Cappuccilli, Aidan Carter, Dylan Cicchitelli, Cole Curran, Nicholas DiRaimo, Juliana Fernandes, Devon Fraenza, Hayden Karas, Grace Kogut, more

By ROB DUGUAY Over the past 20 years, the amount of space technology has taken up in our everyday lives has grown immensely. Cell phones have become handheld information hub centers, computer programs can do anything from studying viruses to streaming more

Ever think about what it would be like to pilot your vessel through an offshore wind farm. Well you can now give … more

By DANIEL KITTREDGE On the heels of the latest high-profile incident involving ATVs operating on local roadways, officials from Cranston and Providence on Tuesday announced a new partnership aimed at addressing activity they described as endangering more

Rhode Islanders will have the opportunity to support any of more than 300 local nonprofits when 401Gives, the state's largest single day of giving, returns on April 1. After exceeding the $1 million mark for the effort's first-ever year, United Way of more

By BRIAN C. NEWBERRY Speaker Shekarchi recently held a press conference in which he correctly made affordable housing a top legislative priority. Whether the legislature has a grasp of the real issues remains to be seen. The principle problem with more

Social Enterprise Greenhouse (SEG) has added a new program to its portfolio of services designed to help entrepreneurs launch and grow businesses. The SEG Ideator is an eight-week program created specifically for people who are thinking about starting a more