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Dighton police chief charged with insider trading

DIGHTON – Town Police Chief Sean Cronin was charged Thursday with insider trading that reaped $72,000 for himself and an additional $1.6 million for...
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Nursing home chain owners charged with stealing $83M in Medicaid money

PROVIDENCE – The owners of a Centers Health Care were charged on Wednesday in a massive fraud scheme that allegedly siphoned off $83 million...

2 Rhode Island nursing homes file for receivership, citing ‘inability to...

PROVIDENCE – Two Rhode Island nursing homes have filed for receivership, declaring their “inability to pay debts as they come due.”   However, neither residents nor...

Five Questions With: Erine Lewis

Erine Lewis is the head of risk management at People’s Credit Union in Middletown, where she oversees the institution’s Bank Secrecy Act, Anti-Money Laundering...
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Five Questions With: Christopher Waterson

Christopher Waterson | General manager, Waterson Terminal Services LLC 1. What kind of infrastructure has been built at the Port of Providence, which Waterson Terminal...
FRESH SPIRITS: Grey Sail Brewing Co. LLC co-owners Alan and Jennifer Brinton show off some of the spirits from their newly launched South County Distillers venture , which is housed inside their Grey Sail Brewing facility in Westerly.
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Grey Sail Brewing launches second venture focused on distilled spirits

It only took three years for Alan and Jennifer Brinton’s Grey Sail Brewing Co. LLC to become a bona fide triumph. With South County Distillers,...
THE REPUTATION of the state of Rhode Island has been damaged by the behavior of state officials during a visit to Philadelphia in March, but how long that damage will last is unclear. / PBN FILE PHOTO/NICOLE DOTZENROD

Will there be lasting damage from Philly fiasco?

Rhode Island’s reputation has taken a hit amid reports of a state official’s “bizarre, offensive and unprofessional actions” during a March visit to Philadelphia,...

Five Questions With: Jessica Waters

Jessica Waters is the vice president and manager of climate and structural resilience at FM Global in Johnston, one of the world’s largest commercial...

Report: Clean energy employment rebounds in R.I., qualified workers needed

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s clean energy industry has begun to bounce back. After shedding nearly 20% of the sector's job during the height of the...

Santander closing Middletown branch, 5 others in Mass.

PROVIDENCE – Santander Bank N.A. will close its branch in Middletown and five others in Massachusetts according to a filing the bank submitted in...
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