Mary MacDonald
Mary MacDonald joined the Providence Business News as a staff writer covering Government, Development, Real Estate and Manufacturing in December 2014. She previously was a correspondent for The Boston Globe and Telegram & Gazette, an editor at Patch/AOL, and a staff writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Michigan State University, and a master’s degree in secondary English from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Providence Center receives $50K grant from Home Depot Foundation
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Center has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Home Depot Foundation for improvements to the heating system at Joyce...
Physical details of First Light casino revealed
TAUNTON – Interior and exterior designs were released Monday for the First Light Resort & Casino, which will include three 15-story hotels, a 31,000-square-foot...
Enhanced bus line service coming to downtown
PROVIDENCE – An enhanced bus line to service downtown Providence will be initiated within two years, elected officials and transportation authorities announced Monday.
The new...
The write stuff in pens
Sourcing American-made parts has made manufacturing more expensive for Rhode Island-based Garland Writing Instruments, but owner Rick Becker can feel the difference every time...
Technology support for small bizs
Small businesses are usually too small to support their own tech staff to fix computers or software problems as they arise. Frank Anzivino, an...
Downtown lease, vacancy rates rise
The overall vacancy rate for office space in downtown Providence increased last year, in large part due to consolidation of corporations and some defections...
Dimeo to begin work on Mashpee Wampanoag resort casino
TAUNTON – Providence-based Dimeo Construction Co. is one of three general contractors hired by the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe to begin pre-construction work on a...
Bellevue Gardens Shopping Center revamp underway
NEWPORT – Renovation of the Bellevue Gardens Shopping Center has begun, designed to update the facilities and improve traffic flow, according to property manager...
Prospect Heights named to National Register of Historic Places
PAWTUCKET – Prospect Heights, a 1940s public housing complex, recently was named to the National Register of Historic Places, according to the state Historical...
Providence firm receives $12.9M loan for N.H. apartment complex
PROVIDENCE – Larew Doyle & Associates recently secured a $12.9 million first mortgage loan for Appleton Oaks Apartments, a 113-unit, age-restricted apartment complex in...
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