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EXTENDED CARE: Pocasset Bay Retirement Community residents Marilyn and Richard Dutch with their 1-year-old Shitzu, Misty. The couple live in an independent-living apartment at Pocasset Bay. “Seniors still need someone to care for and their pets are like family,” said Karen Eller, administrator at Pocasset Bay. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Pets are often part of senior moves

Moving to a retirement or assisted-living community is a major lifestyle change sometimes eased when a beloved pet is part of the move. While...

Campaign seeks to lure out-of-state firms to city

One way to convince a small business to move to Providence is to “bribe your boss,” a somewhat light-hearted – yet pointed – take...
PROVIDENCE MAYOR ANGEL TAVERAS on Thursday announced the city's lawsuit against Santander Bank, alleging that the bank's practices violate fair lending laws. / PBN FILE PHOTO/FRANK MULLIN

Providence sues Santander over alleged discriminatory lending

(Updated, 3:26 p.m.) PROVIDENCE – The city has filed a federal lawsuit against Santander Bank alleging that the financial institution ?discriminated against the city’s minority...

Five Questions With: Stephen Primiano

Stephen W. Primiano is the health care specialist for Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage and is responsible for implementing effective risk management portfolios for...

AG warns of debit card scam

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin has put out a warning to alert bank customers about the latest debit card scam,...

SEED Corp. receives Rockland grant

TAUNTON – South Eastern Economic Development Corp. has received a $25,000 grant from Rockland Trust Community Development Corp. to provide financial counseling to low-...
REVIEWING PART-TIME JOB OPTIONS with students at Vincent J. Gallagher Middle School, during the May 15 CU4 Reality Financial Education Fair, are Navigant Credit Union Vice President of Marketing Tim Draper and the credit union Marketing Manager Ross Silva.

 / COURTESY NAVIGANT

Navigant sponsors financial education fair

SMITHFIELD – More than 175 students in 8th grade at Vincent J. Gallagher Middle School participated in the 9th annual CU4 Reality Financial Education...
Levine, who has 36 years of experience in the insurance industry, will focus on the development and marketing of specialized personal and commercial property casualty coverage in southwest Florida, as well as working with New England insurance agencies.

Levine joins RISCO<br> as Florida president

EAST PROVIDENCE – Mark I. Levine has joined East Providence-based RISCO Insurance Brokerage as president of Florida operations to lead the firm’s expansion into...
RIDING THE WAVE: Travis Tucker, an engineer at Electro Standards Laboratories, performs a preliminary in-water buoy testing for a project on wave-energy generation being done in collaboration with the University of Rhode Island. The test was done at the URI Bay Campus in Narragansett. / COURTESY ELECTRO STANDARDS LABORATORIES

Wave energy a tantalizing prospect

It seems natural in the Ocean State that engineering companies and university researchers would sooner or later zero in on the mission to harvest...
COLLECTIVE THOUGHT: Beverly O’Keefe, owner of Rhode Island Water Lady, a small business that sells rain barrels, stands next to one she has installed at home. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Rain barrels are again in vogue

When it rains, some people aren’t content to just let all that water fall to earth – they’re collecting it in rain barrels. “It saves...
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