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GROUND FLOOR: Tiles, including those above, are among items on business-to-business online exchanges such as the new seven-state Reuse Marketplace. / COURTESY NORTHEAST RECYCLING COUNCIL

Marketplace keeps once-discarded items in use

The Ocean State has one landfill with an anticipated 25 years until it reaches capacity. Stretching its lifespan is clearly to the state’s benefit,...
TRANSFER STUDENTS: More than 300 students were left in the lurch after the Sawyer School shut down suddenly in December. Some students, including McKayla Ivins and Daniel Johnson, pictured above, transferred to Lincoln Technical Institute. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Sawyer closing scatters students

Why the Sawyer School closed without notice at the end of December remains a mystery three months later to the state and 302 Rhode...
NET LOSS: Brian Loftes, a commercial fisherman for 30 years, says that the expense of health insurance is equal to another mortgage payment and is currently costing him $16,000 annually. / PBN PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

Fishing for coverage norm for some

Lindalee Jordan has diabetes. She has no health insurance. Still, she considers herself pretty lucky. “Thankfully, my medicine can be in generic form. I take...

Five Questions With: Mark Meiklejohn

Mark Meiklejohn is president and CEO of Bank Rhode Island. Prior to joining BankRI in 2006, he held positions with Citizens Bank and Fleet...

Raimondo lauds students for financial literacy

SMITHFIELD – Fifth-graders at Old County Elementary School have completed a pilot financial literacy curriculum called Vault and earned recognition from Rhode Island General...

SBA, Experian hosting webinar

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration and Experian will host a webinar on BusinessIQ Express, a online cash flow management tool for...

Durfee students to take part in Credit for Life

FALL RIVER – The junior class at B.M.C. Durfee High School will participate in the school’s fourth annual Credit for Life Fair, intended to...

PCU receives five-star rating from Bauer

MIDDLETOWN – Bauer Financial Inc., a leading bank and credit union rating and research firm, has given People’s Credit Union a five-star rating, according...
HELPING HANDS: Cynthia Toti, left, inside sales manager for Bridge Technical Talent, helps The Greene School Assistant Principal Melissa Hall learn how to use salesforce.com. / PBN PHOTO/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS

Tech cos.’ bridge gap between work, community needs

Corporate time for employee volunteering is part of the structure at East Greenwich-based Bridge Technical Talent. Employees get one day a month to volunteer....
IMPROVING CLIMATE: David M. Gilden, managing partner at Partridge Snow & Hahn, says the state legislature has done a very good job … in making better tax-policy decisions. / COURTESY PARTRIDGE SNOW & HAHN

Firm’s community involvement helps keep clients coming

David M. Gilden made his connection with Providence as a Brown University student, then went to Boston to earn his law degree. But Rhode...
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