Michael Pare
GirlsRI opening doors
A group of women join together to encourage young girls to get involved in sports and raise some money for college scholarships. Big news?...
Food, service convention set for Providence Oct
The Rhode Island Food Dealers Association will hold its 1998 Southeastern New England Retail Food and Food Service Exposition, Wednesday, Oct. 7, at the...
Rainy Day’ fund ready for anticipated downturn
"This record surplus is another proof positive that my Administration's efforts to rebuild and reinvest in Rhode Island is paying off," Governor Lincoln Almond...
Software links Young America Challengers
If the New York Yacht Club/Young America Challenge team is successful in its attempt to capture the America's Cup in New Zealand in 2000,...
Contractors discovering Internet an essential tool
That's right, those men and women better known for pouring concrete in the hot sun, twisting steel and wiring buildings are embracing high technology....
Motivation: find a speaker who can stir an audience
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf knew his audience at Business Expo '98 last March at the Rhode Island Convention Center. They were business leaders --...
State’s fiscal policy gets a ‘D’ grade
While Rhode Island's government officials were bullish on the state's economy, parading out its $128.4 million surplus, a national policy agency ranked the state's...
George Sage decides to assure Bonanza’s future
George Sage never had to put up a "For Sale" sign.
The fact is, he'd been getting calls for a long time from suitors interested...
It’s been a very good year for back-to-school sales
When we last checked in with Joseph Cavanaugh, store manager at Cost-Plus on Smith Street in North Providence, he was busy stocking his shelves...
Conservative ‘think tank’ gives Almond a ‘C’ grade
The Cato Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based conservative think tank, has released its "Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors: 1998."
And Rhode Island's Gov....
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