Bethany Costello
Fall River aims to reinvent its housing system
When Fall River Mayor Edward M. Lambert talks about the city’s public housing, he speaks mostly in numbers.
Sixty-nine percent of the 3,300 people...
‘Fall River is about jobs… the work force’
Name: Edward Lambert
Position: Fall River Mayor
Age: 44
Background: A former social worker and director of Social Services at St. Vincent Children’s Treatment...
As with most businesses communication is key for families
The company phone line runs right into the family home at Jaswell’s Farm in Smithfield.
And with Pat and Richard Jaswell, daughter Allison and son...
Inner city incubator seeks to create entrepreneurs
Business owners Wally Akinkuowo, Vanessa Toledo, and Mildred Rodriguez appear to be the most unlikely of neighbors.
Their businesses, a cleaning service, an Internet...
It was a good year for beer; mild weather, Pats’ wins...
A year of mild temperatures helped boost beer sales in Rhode Island last year.
And with a local team winning this year’s Super Bowl,...
Bias suit filing ruling doesn’t alter burden of proof Discovery process...
A recent Supreme Court ruling may allow for less initial disclosure in bias suits filed by workers against their employers, but it doesn’t lighten...
Samuels Dental Center a clinic for the needy Limited funds, staff...
Eight-year-old Corey comes bounding out of the office grasping three stickers in his hands and grinning from ear to ear.
Peering up through his...
Firm withdraws Lyme disease vaccine as use declines
A vaccine aimed at preventing Lyme disease has been taken off the market, just three years after it was introduced.
The vaccine’s manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline PLC,...
Manufacturers agree technology key to their future
In recent decades, Rhode Island’s manufacturing base has been rocked.
Many companies have moved south – or overseas. Others simply closed their doors for good,...
Another link in the Long Gray Line forged at Pease &...
It’s called the Long Gray Line.
A long line of gray uniformed cadets stretching back into the early 19th Century, bound by graduation and tradition...
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