Pat Healy
Maverick’s closing; Wayland Square group seeks new look
Manuel Sousa remembers the night he realized he had created a niche in Providence’s Wayland Square.
Walking up the street to Maverick’s, he saw...
Cost of R.I. housing rises at highest rate in nation
Rhode Island home prices increased more than any other state during 2001.
According to the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, the Ocean State...
Lured by their love of fishing, partners build a business
Company: Atom Manufacturing Company
Owners: Larry Razza and Greg Metcalf
Location: 601 Mineral Spring Ave., Pawtucket
Employees: 15
Year Founded: 1983
Type of business: Manufactures fishing lures
Annual revenue: Over...
Instant messaging encouraged for service, but not chit chat
The sight of an instant message box popping up on a worker’s computer monitor infuriates most managers.
The real-time conversations employees have using the program...
Adjuncts bring real world dimension to college courses
Twenty years ago, David Preston took a journalism class at Providence College that proved to be the most influential class for him as he...
Full House vote on real estate closings limits looms
Many non-lawyers might be shut out from real estate closings.
Earlier this month the House Judiciary Committee endorsed a proposal that would prevent people without...
RIHMFC boosts limits for mortgages
Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation announced today (April 22) that it is increasing purchase price limits in its loan program to its...
Commercial real estate stays the course
There may be no sector with a better feeling for the pulse of the current economic condition than those involved in commercial real estate....
Airport Corp., city council in struggle for control
The Rhode Island Airport Corporation is so certain that a proposal for a runway extension would not fly with the city of Warwick that...
Downtown security network on lookout for trouble
If you’re in downtown Providence and you get the feeling you’re being watched, you may be right.
The Downtown Security Network is keeping an eye...
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