Kevin Shalvey
‘Doctors’ help people seeking to advance, be happier
Last year, a woman working as communications director at a nonprofit in New York came to one of Barbara Jackson and Lee E. Miller’s...
Affordable housing plan back on after victory on appeal
The Women’s Development Corporation has scored a big victory in its fight to build a 53-unit housing development for low- and moderate-income people on...
Massachusetts embraces ‘managed competition’
Massachusetts’ effort to open its auto insurance industry to more competition should take another step forward this week, when the state insurance commissioner is...
New rules likely to squeeze companies, immigrants
Dale Venturini is already bracing for the effects of a new crackdown by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on companies that employ illegal...
R.I. foreclosures surged 37% in July
Last Wednesday at 1 p.m., auctioneer Skip Ponte of Irving Shechtman and Co. stood with a red clipboard outside a Pawtucket house next to...
Manufacturer to expand its Mass. facility
Kopin Corp., a maker of transistor wafers used to amplify Wi-Fi and cell phone circuits, announced last week that it is expanding its...
City seeking to buy piece of Rocky Point Park beach
Unless Rhode Island takes a cue from Dubai and starts building new beachfront parcels along its shores, there is not going to be any...
Home sales, permits see 1st-half drop
Separate reports released this week show that Rhode Island’s real estate market continues to decline, with both single-family home sales and new building permits...
Checkbooks getting used less and less
James DeRentis has difficulty remembering the last time he pulled out his checkbook and actually filled in a check.
If he buys something, he puts...
URI pharmacy dean headed to Iowa
The University of Rhode Island’s College of Pharmacy is losing its leader.
Donald E. Letendre, dean of pharmacy at URI since 2001, has accepted the...
