Michael Pare
U.S. Women’s Open should attract well-heeled tourists
Some random thoughts…
Organizers of the 2006 U.S. Women’s Open golf championship – to be held June 26 through July 2 at the Newport Country...
VMA’s Avenue of the Arts will soon live up to its...
You had to wonder, back in the spring of 2000, if city and state officials, along with the folks at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium...
R.I. commitments ring true for jeweler’s expansion
Harry Herff and Randall Jones, who began their business in an old firehouse in downtown Indianapolis, founded Herff Jones in 1920. The company started...
Bond issue could relocate downtown workers
Question 12 on next Tuesday’s ballot calls for $46.5 million in state funds
to start renovating, building or modifying state-owned buildings and...
Bay State wetland restoration program questioned
Environmentalists are criticizing a Massachusetts pilot wetlands restoration program that would allow developers to fill in wetlands in exchange for buying “credits” that would...
At IN-SIGHT, workers tend to blossom
John Gunn runs a manufacturing operation. It’s a small business just like any other.
When he gets an order, it has to be...
Sadly, reading has become a rarity
Some random thoughts…
• When it was announced this spring that the College Hill Bookstore on Thayer Street would soon be closing its...
Budget veto raises relevant questions
Maybe it’s a good thing that state legislators were able to ge
t away from the State House for a few days.
It has...
Tax bill may cause businesses to split
Yes, Providence residents for too long have borne a heavy property tax burden. And, yes, something needs to be done about that. Because...
In Pistons’ victory, some business lessons
Some more random thoughts as those of us who are members of Red Sox Nation hold out hope that Terry Francona is saving his...
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