Kevin Shalvey
Nonprofits pressed to boost ‘fair share’ payments
In attempting to close the projected budget deficit in Providence – estimated at about $50 million for the fiscal year that started July 1...
Branding efforts build school pride
After a months-long process and input from across campus, two slogans were placed on Rhode Island College President Nancy Carriuolo’s desk. It was her...
Health in the balance for insurance commissioner
Since 2005, Christopher F. Koller has served as the Rhode Island health insurance commissioner. His office, with four full-time equivalent employees and a budget...
Investing in hopes of a stimulus
If it weren’t for federal stimulus money, Anchor Insulation Inc., a Pawtucket-based installation and retrofit company, likely wouldn’t have invested in a few $4,000...
Home sales showing stronger signs of life
WARWICK – Rhode Island single-family home sales rose 12.4 percent year over year in June and there’s now about a six-month supply of homes...
Commercial vacancies rise in Providence
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s commercial properties saw a “significant” amount of negative net absorption in the first half of 2009, led by Providence’s Capital...
Foreclosure potential in Mass. exploding
BOSTON – While foreclosure petitions, the first step in the foreclosure process, surged by more than 700 percent in Massachusetts in June, the number...
Mass. bankruptcy filings up 58% in 2Q
BOSTON – Massachusetts Chapter 7 bankruptcy filings – the most commonly used type of bankruptcy filing – jumped 58 percent year over year for...
Brown, Draper lab partner to strengthen grant bids
A new partnership between Brown University and Draper Laboratory – a Massachusetts-based nonprofit applied research and engineering center – is intended to corral the...
Designs to fit space and function
A few years ago, designer Peter Crump was in Seven Stars Bakery’s Hope Street shop, getting his morning coffee, when he noticed a worn...
