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GOOD NEIGHBOR? Johnston homeowner Bob Sandberg lives less than a mile from the landfill and has been happy with its operation recently. / PBN PHTO/TRACY JENKINS

Johnston landfill again subject of legal dispute

A lawsuit filed last month by the Conservation Law Foundation against the owners and operators of the Central Landfill in Johnston for violations of...
A GROWING COMMERCIAL LOAN portfolio highlighted Webster Bank's 2013 performance, which resulted in a 3.4 percent increase in net income for the year.

Commercial loan growth drives ’13 profit gain at Webster

WATERBURY, Conn. – Webster Financial Corp., parent company of Webster Bank, posted a profit increase in 2013 over the previous year, with growth in...
PROVIDENCE MAYOR ANGEL TAVERAS signs a new agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration to facilitate assistance on a range of topics to enterprises based in the city. Under terms of the previous agreement, which began in May 2012, the SBA, the Center for Women and Enterprise, and SCORE engaged about 150 business owners in 12 workshops. Attending the signing event at Providence's G-form LLC, are, seated from left, Mark S. Hayward, director of the SBA's Rhode Island office, Carmen Diaz-Jusino, program manager for the Center for Women and Enterprise, Taveras, and George Hemond, chair of the Joseph G.E. Knight SCORE chapter. Standing, from left, are James Bennett, Providence director of economic development, Laurie White, president of the Greater Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce, and Meghan Downing, assistant to the CEO at G-Form. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE MAYOR'S OFFICE

Providence, SBA extend small business assistance partnership

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island district office of the U.S. Small Business Administration and the city of Providence renewed a partnership that encourages economic...
COASTWAY COMMUNITY BANK President and CEO Bill White has taken the institution through many changes since taking over in 2000, transforming Coastway from a credit union to a publicly traded bank.  / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Coastway goes public, plans $48M in share sale on Nasdaq

CRANSTON – Coastway Bancorp, the parent company of Coastway Community Bank, became a publicly traded company today, listed on the Nasdaq exchange under the...
ELECTRIC BOAT expects to hire an additional 650 workers at its North Kingstown facility in 2014, as the U.S. Navy ramps up production of the Virginia-class submarine to two per year. / COURTESY ELECTRIC BOAT

Electric Boat targets 650 new jobs in ’14 at Quonset facility

WARWICK – Electric Boat President Jeffrey S. Geiger painted a glowingly positive picture of the future expansion and employment at the shipbuilder’s North Kingstown...
"I am positive we had a number of customers who were concerned when this news story broke, but we have actually had a very limited response."

Five Questions With: Joseph T. Baptista Jr.

Joseph T. Baptista Jr. is president and CEO of Mechanics Cooperative Bank, a community bank with eight branches in southeastern Massachusetts. He is...

WCCU sponsors financial literacy program

WESTERLY – Westerly Community Credit Union is sponsoring the financial literacy program EverFi to high school students at The Prout School in Wakefiled, according...

Customers pulls out of two deals

PHILADELPHIA – Customers Bank has put the stops on two pending deals in order to focus on the bank’s more organic growth opportunities, the...

Four institutions warn of scam

TAUNTON – Four local banks are collaborating to warn customers about a widespread telephone scam in order to protect them against identity theft, ...
Residents requesting tax assistance are not required to be a member of AARP or to be retired.

AARP offering<br> tax assistance

PROVIDENCE – Free tax assistance for low-to-moderate income Rhode Island residents is being offered by the AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Program, with special attention to...
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