Patrick Healy
Franchise law specialty for a select few in R.I.
Not many Rhode Island lawyers concentrate on franchise law. Bill Fields, an attorney with the Providence firm of Duffy and Sweeney said there are...
Issue advertising seems to be on the rise
Advertising is not always about the product. Sometimes it's about the issue. When Providence-based advertising agency Chaffee & Partners took on the campaigns for...
Architects finding work out of state
Many of Rhode Island's architectural firms seek a high percentage of their work out of state, according to information gathered for this week's listing...
Landlords well paid but sorely tested by students
There is no question that college living is different than life in the real world, and being a landlord of a college property is...
Real estate make platforms of Presidential aspirants
Ask Realtors whom they'd prefer to win the presidency, and they'll likely tell you both candidates. That's the assessment of the National Association of...
Rental housing developers sought in R.I.
Get your proposals ready. Today (Oct. 2), Rhode Island Housing is announcing a $15 million program for the construction of affordable apartments called the...
After a year, DEM’s Reitsma’s way seems to be working
It has been a year since the state Department of Environmental Management has allowed designers of individual septic disposal systems (ISDS) to do their...
Verizon flashes a sign, hopes we get it
To some it signifies victory, to others peace, but if Verizon has its way, the whole world will interpret the two-fingered gesture as a...
At the minimal, subliminal should work, but does it?
Earlier this month when the Bush campaign came under fire for flashing the word "RATS" on a television commercial for one-thirteenth of a second,...
Mass. eviction company tries to ease tenants’ pain
A tenant that goes away happy, goes away. So says the Web site for Eviction USA, the Massachusetts-based eviction service company that prides itself...









