Nancy Lavin
City Council gives final OK to amended ProvPort tax agreement
PROVIDENCE – The wave of criticism over the city’s tax agreement with its primary port operator appears to have calmed, with the City Council...
Fine for unregistered short-term rental owners in R.I. not being enforced
PROVIDENCE – Short-term rental property owners who advertise their homes through websites such as Airbnb Inc. and VRBO were supposed to be fined $250...
R.I. Infrastructure Bank awards $2.5M in municipal grants, including for Tidewater...
PROVIDENCE – A pedestrian bridge connecting a new, Pawtucket soccer stadium to residential and retail development across the Pawtucket River is one of nine...
Audit: Providence ends FY22 with $827K surplus, $40M pension investment loss
PROVIDENCE – The city ended fiscal year 2022 with an $827,00 surplus, according to a recently published audit by accounting firm CliftonLarsenAllen LLP.
The surplus...
BankRI donates $90K to 23 R.I. nonprofits
PROVIDENCE – Bank Rhode Island recently donated just under $90,000 to 23 Rhode Island nonprofits, according to a news release.
The grants aim to support...
BankFive, SouthCoast Community Foundation open applications for $1.2M scholarship fund
PROVIDENCE – BankFive and the SouthCoast Community Foundation recently opened applications for its $1.2 million President’s Scholarship Fund, according to a news release.
The scholarship...
HarborOne opens applications for annual college scholarship program
BROCKTON, Mass. – HarborOne Bank is seeking high school student applicants for its annual college scholarship program, according to a news release.
The ONECommunity Scholarship...
R.I. Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission names new director
PROVIDENCE – A familiar face to state historic preservationists who temporarily led the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission is now its permanent...
HarborOne reports $46M annual profit amid mortgage banking slowdown
BROCKTON, Mass. – A slowdown in the mortgage banking business took a bite out of HarborOne Bancorp’s annual profits, which dropped 22.1% year over...
Finance Committee recommends further amendments to ProvPort tax agreement
PROVIDENCE – After initial accusations that the prior Providence City Council rushed to pass a controversial tax agreement with the city’s main port operator,...
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