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New Washington Trust opens in Cranston

WESTERLY – Washington Trust has announced that it has opened its third branch office in Cranston, on 2174 Plainfield Pike. The interior of the...

BankNewport breaks ground for new HQ

MIDDLETOWN – BankNewport has officially broken ground at the site of its proposed new headquarters and operations center at 184 John Clarke Road in...

Bristol County Savings Bank foundation donates $33K

PAWTUCKET – Bristol County Savings Bank and its charitable foundation has recently awarded ten grants to Pawtucket area organizations, totaling $33,360. The recipients...

Starkweather & Shepley lauded for energy work

EAST PROVIDENCE – Citing its efforts to implement the best risk-management and safety practices with their policyholders, Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. has...
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A NEW APPROACH: Third- and eighth-graders at Rocky Hill joined up to use an iPad app that teaches children about making change. From left: Ava Lamoureux, Sara Laurent, Hannah Stowe, Cailee DeAngelis.

Tablets finding a home in R.I. classrooms

At the Rocky Hill School in East Greenwich, Jonathan M. Schoenwald, head of school, is looking forward to the September session. That’s because the...
MATERIAL GIRL: Julie A. Lancia, left, founded ALX Group 12 years ago, growing the firm's reputation through interesting work and use of creative materials. At right is her assistant, Gloria Fournier. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Her ‘need’ to create filled designing unique spaces

Julie A. Lancia has been the principal of ALX Group Inc., in North Providence, since it opened 12 years ago. “The ALX Group was...
ALLSTATE CORP. signage stands outside the company's headquarters in Northbrook, Ill. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/TIM BOYLE

Allstate expansion plans include Rhode Island

Allstate Insurance Co. is planning an all-out blitz in Rhode Island for new agents. On July 10, the company said it is looking to...

Ailing cities eye saving through shared services

Pawtucket, Central Falls and East Providence are preparing to go into unchartered territory by joining a task force to study sharing municipal services....
FAST-PACED: Rhode Island Fast Ferry Owner Charles A. Donadio Jr. says the company’s new boat, the Ava Pearl, is allowing it to use the boat it is replacing, the Millennium, to expand tourism on Narragansett Bay. / PBN PHOTO/DAVID LEVESQUE

Ferry co. eyeing tourism growth on Narragansett Bay

Charles A. Donadio has made a living providing pleasure cruises and ferry services since 1995. He first bought the Southland, a 62-foot, flat-bottom riverboat...

Report: R.I. storms linked to global warming

PROVIDENCE - A new environmental report on the Ocean State has confirmed that extreme rainstorms and snowstorms are happening 90 percent more frequently in...
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