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SAVE THE BAY Executive Director Jonathan Stone has written a letter to the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council arguing against the seawalls that it claims were illegally installed in Matunuck over the past several years. / COURTESY SAVE THE BAY

Save The Bay protests Matunuck seawalls in letter to CRMC

Government 07/31/2014

PROVIDENCE – Save The Bay is urging the Coastal Resources Management Council to require property owners in Matunuck to remove shoreline walls that it...

Citizens appoints Bedikian global markets managing director

Financial Services 07/29/2014

PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group has appointed Anthony Bedikian as managing director of global markets for its commercial banking business. He will oversee the...

Five Questions With: Daniella Norwood

Financial Services 07/29/2014

Daniella Norwood is the owner of Ella J Designs, a Web development and digital marketing company based in Warwick. Norwood founded the company in...

Firm: Cybersecurity among boards’ concerns

Financial Services 07/29/2014

NEW YORK – Reputation, cybersecurity and social media are the major issues of concern for members of boards of directors, according to the results...

CGF, National Grid offering DoubleGreen loan

Financial Services 07/29/2014

PROVIDENCE – Capital Good Fund, in partnership with National Grid, offers an interest-free DoubleGreen Home Loan to improve energy efficiency. As the only nonprofit...

MARK STEWART, previous director of the Small Business Center at Halifax Community College in Weldon, N.C., has been selected to take over the R.I. Small Business Development Center at the University of Rhode Island. Stewart told Providence Business News he assumed the position in June / COURTESY MARK STEWART

Stewart named SBDC director

Education 07/28/2014

(Updated, 12:58 p.m.) SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Mark Stewart has been appointed the new state director of the R.I. Small Business Development Center, Stewart told Providence...

CWE hosting ‘Explore Entreprenuership’

Financial Services 07/28/2014

PROVIDENCE – The Center for Women and Enterprise is sponsoring three free workshops on the topics of entrepreneurship, financing and business structure on Aug....

DRAWN OUT: Brothers Todd, left, and Paul Treanor of Treanor Brothers Animation are part of a small but evolving animation and special effects sector having success in Rhode Island. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Animation skills finding base, job growth in R.I.

Education 07/26/2014

There may not be enough creative professionals working in Rhode Island to counteract the economic discouragement that the state finds itself in, but they...

WashTrust profits up, as wealth assets pass $5B

Economic Activity 07/26/2014

The Washington Trust Co.’s multi-pronged growth strategy is paying off, as the state’s largest community bank registered a 9.1 percent year-over-year net income gain...