Kevin Shalvey
Housing crisis potential boon to homeownership
WASHINGTON – The falling median price of single-family homes is helping potential consumers that may have previously been priced out of homeownership, according to...
Marsh named CommunityWorks director
PROVIDENCE – Carrie M. Marsh has been named executive director of CommunityWorks RI, a community-development corporation formed by the July 1 merger of the...
R.I. tourism had a good year in 2007
PROVIDENCE – From 2006 to 2007, tourism spending in the Ocean State jumped about 9.3 percent, according to a report released today by the...
TWG: R.I. house prices fall 17% in September
BOSTON – Rhode Island single-family home sales in September fell by a little less than 1 percent from the previous year, but the median...
FM Global headquarters on track despite challenge
With the steel frame built, the edging for the glass curtain wall going up outside and heating ducts already on the ceilings in the...
Home, work never far for cobbler and salon owners
After dinner most nights and during the day on most Mondays, his day off, Colonial Shoe Repair owner and cobbler Stephen Villari makes his...
Building around active hospital challenges Shawmut
When you’re working on a construction project at an active hospital with 50 to 60 daily ambulance arrivals, it’s going to be an issue...
Market turmoil has workers deferring retirement
Bostonian Group Managing Director of Retirement Services Bob Clark has since 1984 been working as a financial planner specializing in retirement planning. At Bostonian,...
Slowdown spurring layoffs at Shawmut
BOSTON – Shawmut Design and Construction, in a reversal of its outlook a few months ago, has announced plans to lay off an undisclosed...
Five Questions With: Jay Hummer
As regional director of RE/MAX of New England, Jay Hummer oversees 275 offices throughout the region, including Rhode Island. He took a few...
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