Denise Perreault
Race boosts business on, off island
Block Island Race Week – the traditional beginning of the summer sailing season on Block Island for 24 of the last 48 years –...
Simplicity at home gets second look
Boothroyd Dewhurst Inc. has been arguing against outsourcing the manufacturing of American products to foreign countries since it was founded in 1983 by two...
Historic house access expanded
Dan Santos, southeastern New England site manager for Historic New England, is based at the Arnold House in Lincoln. He fills a full-time position...
Rapid response keeps orders flowing
During the recession in 2009, when other companies were having a hard time keeping up with orders, A.T. Wall Co. in Warwick was smart....
Newport businesses say fire code is too stringent
Efforts are now under way to revise the state fire code in the 2012 legislative session, a move some local businesses hope will provide...
The faces of George Washington at Colony House
(Corrected, July 5)
NEWPORT - A traveling exhibit, “The Many Faces of George Washington,” will be on display at the Colony House in Newport through...
Dan Dwight named president of the Cooley Group
PAWTUCKET – Dan Dwight has been named president and CEO of the Cooley Group, an 85-year-old company that develops flexible membranes for use in...
NYLO Hotel, closed since floods, to reopen
WARWICK – The NYLO Hotel along the Pawtuxet River, closed since suffering severe damage in the spring floods of 2010, is gearing up to...
Hundreds of R.I. nonprofits lose tax-exempt status
The Internal Revenue Service has revoked the tax-exempt status of a total of 1,059 former nonprofits in Rhode Island for failure to file the...
Alliance works to cut swipe fees
The cost of using credit cards seems to grow all the time, especially for small-business owners, due in part to the swipe fees assessed...
