Karen Gavin
Hospital mergers present an expensive courtship
If the marriage of Lifespan and Care New England never makes it the altar some big questions would be left in the wake. Like...
Family docs=good medicine
Michael D. Fine, M.D. personifies the dignified, old-time image of family doctor, with kindly eyes, and sensitive, probing manner. In today's high tech medical...
Retaining family doctors makes business sense
In making the case for family doctors in Rhode Island, Dr. Michael Fine, who practices in Scituate and Pawtucket, certainly isn't doing it because...
‘Food Police’ are ‘fighting (many) fires’ at thousands of sites with...
Ernest Julian, chief of the Office of Food Protection and Safety at the state Department of Health, spends his days putting out fires. Not...
Drive of the future costly but improving
When it comes to driving a car that runs on compressed natural gas, the future is now, if you're willing to pay a few...
CNG’s appeal catching on among users
To know a product's true worth it's best to ask those who use it. And when it comes to vehicles powered by compressed natural...
Workers’ Comp. scams now rare, DL&T says
Of misconceptions regarding workers' compensation, perhaps the most blatant is that it's filled with bogus injury claims from people trying to milk the system....
Hospital merger talks at critical stage
Nearly two years after Care New England and Lifespan first started their quest to create a $1.4 billion in-state hospital network, Rhode Island's top...
Sheldon Whitehouse
Name: Sheldon Whitehouse Position: R.I. Attorney General Background: Special Assistant Attorney General, 1985-1990; Executive Counsel to Gov. Bruce Sundlun, 1991-92. Director of the Department...
Travel agents proclaim their survival
TRAVELER prefers the personal touch and visits Carlson Wagonlit Travel on Cranston.
Dwindling commissions from airlines plus an explosion in Internet competition would make it...
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