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Mutual of America moves regional office to Providence

PROVIDENCE – Mutual of America Financial Group, a financial services company specializing in retirement plans and investments, has moved its regional office to downtown...

Five Questions With: Michael Colucci

Michael Colucci is the tax manager at the Providence accounting firm of Piccerelli, Gilstein & Co. He focuses on the tax needs of closely...

R.I. insurance executive named ‘rising star’ by Insurance Business America

NORTH KINGSTOWN – Falvey Insurance Group’s Jack Falvey has been included in Insurance Business America magazine’s annual “Young Guns” report, recognizing 72 “up and...

Bank of America awards $30K grant to South County Habitat...

CHARLESTOWN – Bank of America Corp. has awarded South County Habitat for Humanity a $30,000 grant to help build more affordable housing in southern...

R.I. Mortgage Bankers Association helps raise $10,000 for troops

PROVIDENCE – During the recent three-day New England Mortgage Bankers Conference in Newport, the Rhode Island Mortgage Bankers Association said it helped raised nearly...

Middletown firm lands two Navy contracts worth $10.7m

MIDDLETOWN – MIKEL Inc. has been awarded two U.S. Navy contracts worth about $10.7 million, the Middletown-based company announced late Thursday. The larger of the...
INTEGRATED CLASS: Coach Paul Rao, left, and coach Michael Diorio, right, work with students in an integrated physical education class at Mount Pleasant High School in Providence.   
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Birch School revamps vocational program for intellectually disabled students

Providence officials are hoping a recent court decision puts to rest the tarnished history of the Harold H. Birch Vocational School. In 2013, the U.S....
BAYCOAST BANK, one of its Rhode Island branches shown here, is one of the few banks in the area that openly court deposits from marijuana-related businesses. The Swansea, Mass.-based community bank decided to take the step nearly a year ago as more marijuana-related businesses were opening after Massachusetts began licensing recreational marijuana dispensaries, in addition to medical marijuana dispensaries previously legalized in Massachusetts and Rhode Island./COURTESY/BAYCOAST BANK

BayCoast accepts marijuana-industry deposits

Legalizing marijuana is one thing, banking on it is another. At least one bank in the area, however, is venturing into those waters –...
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Five questions with Keith Kelly

Keith Kelly | Rhode Island market president, Citizens Bank 1. What are your primary duties? A key part of the job is representing Citizens at...

MetLife refunds premiums, pays out claims after probe by R.I. officials

CRANSTON – Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. will continue refunding life insurance premiums it inadvertently collected after policies or coverage had expired, according to a...
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