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PUTTING IN WORK: Mitchell Folco, a student at New England Laborers’/Cranston Public Schools Construction and Career Academy, works at Jutras Woodworking in Smithfield. / PBN PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

Experience needed, even for many summer jobs

Rhode Island’s intensely competitive job market is expected to heat up again this summer, with high school and college graduates vying with unemployed or...
LINDA KUSHNER, left, sells produce at the Hope Street Farmers Market. On Thursday, the R.I. Department of Environmental Management announced the agency had awarded $210,000 in grants to support 17 different projects geared toward helping farmers and local seafood businesses promote and market their Rhode Island-grown products. / COURTESY HOPE STREET FARMERS MARKET

DEM awards $210K in local agriculture, seafood grants

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management has selected 17 projects, from among 92 applicants, to receive a total of $210,000 in funding...
"The most notable historical difference between the Massachusetts economy and the Rhode Island economy is that Massachusetts focused on its strongest value and assets by successfully reforming and leveraging its K-12 and higher education systems."

Five Questions With: John C. Simmons

John C. Simmons is executive director of the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council, a position he has held since 2008. He was previously chief...

Customers reports 1Q of $8.1M

WYOMISSING, Pa. – Customers Bancorp Inc., parent company of Customers Bank, reported a first quarter 2014 profit of $8.1 million, an increase of 13...

Luzzi named loan officer at Citizens

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Joseph Luzzi is a new loan officer for the Citizens Bank Home Lending Solutions New England Division, the bank announced April...

Bryan gets Protect. Grow. Give award

EAST PROVIDENCE – Thomas R. Bryan of Ameriprise Financial has been awarded the Protect. Grow. Give award for 2013 from RiverSource Life Insurance Co....

BankNewport cuts<br> ribbon at Quonset

NORTH KINGSTOWN – BankNewport cut the ribbon on its new branch at The Shops at Quonset Point this month, with a design that responds...

Five Questions With: Robert A DiMuccio

Robert A. DiMuccio is chairman, president and CEO of Amica Mutual Insurance Co. He joined Amica’s accounting department in 1991 as a vice president...

TD Bank launches online community

CHERRY HILL, N.J. – TD Bank has launched an online social community called “TD Helps” for consumers to ask questions about banking topics and...

TMA plans forum for Wed.

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island chapter of the Turnaround Management Association is sponsoring a forum on “Accessing Capital for Corporate Growth” on Wed., April...
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