Michael Souza
Rockland parent posts 2Q profit decline
ROCKLAND - Independent Bank Corp., parent of Rockland Trust Co., posted net income of $8.9 million, or 41 cents per diluted share, for the...
Navigant, Columbus Credit Union to merge
SMITHFIELD – Navigant Credit Union and Columbus Credit Union have jointly announced that the two institutions are merging, with Navigant remaining as the surviving...
EPA amends Woonasquatucket River site cleanup
BOSTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued an amendment to the proposed cleanup plan for the removal of dioxin at the Centredale...
Five Questions With: Kathy O’Donnell
Kathy O’Donnell is senior vice president, director of public affairs for RBS Citizens Financial Group Inc. O’Donnell works with local public affairs teams throughout...
Credit card debt drops 8% since January
According to the U.S. Credit Score Climate Report issued by CreditKarma.com, a consumer credit advocate, today released its with trend data for June 2012....
Pell Bridge photo wins contest
WESTERLY – Washington Trust and Rhode Island Monthly have announced that “Newport Pell Bridge Silhouette,” a photo taken by Eric Full of Portsmouth, is...
Fitch affirms Independent Bank Corp. BBB rating
NEW YORK – Fitch Ratings has affirmed the long-and short-term issuer default rating of Independent Bank Corp. at “BBB/F2”. The bank’s rating outlook has...
NeighborWorks BRV named ‘champions’
WOONSOCKET – Citizens Bank and WJAR-TV NBC 10 have named NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley in Woonsocket a 2012 Champion in Action in the category...
Creative sector growing in R.I.
Design firms are enjoying a renaissance of sorts across the Ocean State.
Since the economy turned sour in 2007, the state’s creative businesses –...
Body shops to continue fight with insurers
Disappointed by Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee’s veto of legislation to give them the right to sue insurance companies in payment disputes, auto-body shops say...












