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COURTESY R.I. BUILDERS ASSOCIATION
WELL-DEVELOPED: John V. Marcantonio, executive director of the Rhode Island Builders Association, says that many municipalities are reluctant to take on more residential development.

Anti-growth forces contribute to fallow building market

The son of a builder, John V. Marcantonio spent a number of years on the North Smithfield Town Council, where he would hear citizens...
IT TAKES A 
VILLAGE: 
Paulette 
Hamilton, town administrator 
for North Smithfield, at the entrance to Dowling Village, a retail development that has garnered both critics and 
supporters.

Dowling combatants at peace

The battle was tough and fiercely fought, but the outcome to date satisfies the major combatants in the long-running saga of Dowling Village, a...

Providence earns high marks in Travel + Leisure

PROVIDENCE – Once again, Providence won high marks for its culinary scene and arts community from the readers of Travel + Leisure magazine in...
HOUSTON Ballet's Christopher Coomer and Nao Kusuzaki. / AMITAVA SARKAR

Festival Ballet to hold benefit gala Oct. 19

PROVIDENCE - Internationally-known ballet dancers and choreographers from Houston, New York, Boston and as far away as Lithuania are waiving fees for a special...

U.S. job openings decreased in Aug., hiring rose

Job openings in the U.S. fell in August for the first time in four months, signaling a sustained labor-market recovery will take time to...

Business leaders eyeing better student training

As public school systems across the state begin to adopt the national Common Core State Standards, business leaders such as A. Roger Guillemette, CEO...

RWU president eyes ‘shared vision,’ MBA program

Donald J. Farish, inaugurated Oct. 13 as the 10th president of Roger Williams University, is in the process of forging a shared vision for...
JUMP-START: Providence College professor Matthew Eriksen, chair of the management department in the School of Business at Providence College, is the lead organizer for Startup Weekend. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL PERSSON

PC to host Startup Weekend

Public and private schools in the state will share a common goal when Providence College hosts Startup Weekend this month to give students from...
GOOD MIX: Lisa Newman Paratore, owner of Homestyle in Providence, opened the home décor and gift shop four years ago. Her customers, she says, are a mix of students, workers, residents and tourists. / PBN PHOTO/DAVID LEVESQUE

A gift for meeting customers’ needs

Lisa Newman Paratore had a specific plan in mind when she established her downcity shop Homestyle on Westminster Street four years ago. An interior...

Makeover of Oliver’s eyed in F.R.

Robert S. Karam, principal of Karam Financial Group in Fall River, already is seeking tenants for a restaurant/bank/coffee-shop development that his company plans to...
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