David Ortiz
Personalized medicine goal of Lifespan executive
A top Lifespan administrator recently urged a government advisory group charged with growing the state’s science and technology sectors to jump into the global...
For businesses, Internet decides those who win
Late last year, executives at Biomedical Structures LLC realized their outdated Web site and lack of a focused Internet marketing strategy was probably costing...
Envisioning a cerebral side of IT
Envision Technology Advisors LLC, an information technology company in Providence, takes a brainy approach to IT services.
Businesses that contact Envision for help with an...
Block Island sharpens marketing
Block Island’s tourism industry will soon get a facelift on the Internet, when the island’s tourism council unveils its new Web portal.
The updated Web...
Clam transplant is first step<br> for new conservation alliance
CHARLESTOWN – Volunteers working for a new public-private conservation partnership today transplanted more than 90,000 clams, collectively weighing nearly 20,000 pounds, into Ninegret Pond.
The...
City’s fledgling IT sector nearing a critical mass
Rome wasn’t built in a day, and neither has the foundation for a thriving information technology sector in greater Providence been. But according to...
Making room for marine businesses
Eastern Ice Company started doing business on Newport’s waterfront in 1929, supplying ice and coal to the city’s commercial fishing fleet and other marine...
NRCS developing plan to stop Pocasset River flooding
Working with money earmarked by U.S. Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), a federal agency recently completed a study aimed at stopping flooding of the Pocasset...
Verizon pushes FiOS across state
Continuing its push into Rhode Island’s cable television market, Verizon Communications will spend $86 million in the state by year’s end to continue laying...
Brown, URI contribute $50,000 to R.I. Research Alliance
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Science and Technology Advisory Council (STAC) announced today that Brown University and the University of Rhode Island will each contribute...