Patrick Healy
Drug companies target consumers
They're everywhere, on billboards, television screens, in magazines, and on the Internet. And of course in pharmacies. Advertisements for prescription drugs are nothing new,...
Name of the game’s Domain, and most of them are taken
All of the good ones are taken. Call them what you will, domain names, URLs (uniform resource locators), Web addresses, or the phrases that...
Good fences in demand make for delays in delivery
The fence industry is booming, according to Rhode Island's fence builders. But why is this year different from previous ones? Is privacy more valuable,...
Gilbane’s Web site gets mixed reviews
Site: www.gilbaneco.com
Company: Gilbane
Reviewers: Ed Weisberg, president of BX.com, inc. Jerry Meyer, president of the East Greenwich Chamber of Commerce After being ranked...
RI home sales strong, slowdown in Mass.
Sales of existing single-family homes in Rhode Island the second quarter of this year remained strong, while Massachusetts experienced a modest slowdown in sales,...
Supreme, Superior Courts’ activity declined in 1999
In 1999 appeals dipped below 600 for the first time at the Rhode Island Supreme Court. The "State of Rhode Island 1999 Report on...
For plastics, the future is now, statistics show
"Just one word: Plastics." It's been over thirty years since the movie The Graduate made that phrase a cultural touchstone. It seems even in...
Exceptional restaurants linked to small, caring core
It's in the details. The difference, that is, between a fine restaurant and an exceptional restaurant is in attention to details, according to one...
Hillsgrove North ready to sell to developers
Hillsgrove North, a small Warwick neighborhood that sometimes feels sandwiched between the roar of a freight train and the fumes of a jet aircraft,...
Restaurants mix pitches at Providence Place
Providence Place has been open for nearly a year, well, most of it anyway, but still, the restaurants within it say they are doing...








