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PAYING OFF: Meg ­McIssac, left, CEO and president of Bluestone Bank and chair of the Massachusetts Bankers Association, and association CEO and President Kathleen Murphy, right, congratulate BankFive CEO and President Anne P. Tangen on receiving the association’s 2024 Women in Banking Lifetime Achievement Award. 
COURTESY FALL RIVER FIVE CENTS ­SAVINGS BANK

Tangen receives lifetime achievement award from Mass. Bankers Association

ANNE P. TANGEN, CEO and president of Fall River Five Cents Savings Bank, also known as BankFive, was recently honored with the 2024 Women...
Rose Albert joined Providence-based Rhode Island for Community & Justice as a part-time youth programs director in 2018. She was named executive director in May. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Lean on your circle

Rose Albert | Rhode Island for Community & Justice executive director Reflecting on my journey, I find myself at a pivotal moment – one that...

Success is fleeting, but integrity is permanent

In 1896, Emmanuel Ninger was arrested for passing counterfeit $20, $50 and $100 bills. When law enforcement searched his home, they discovered three portraits...
Donald Nokes

Tips to avoid the help-desk woes

For businesses that rely on information technology help-desk support to keep day-to-day operations running smoothly and to keep networks secure, it’s vital to know...
­Christopher Decker

This is what a soft landing should look like

What a difference a job report makes. Earlier in the summer, people were worried that the economy was too hot. But then – in...

Five Questions With: Leeds Mitchell IV

Leeds Mitchell IV is the principal broker and partner behind the Providence-based MG Commercial Real Estate Services Inc. Mitchell recently bought the firm together...
AMY GRAVELL, a St. Mary Academy – Bay View alum, was formerly the managing director of the Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre in Warwick before becoming Bay View’s president in March 2023. / COURTESY ST. MARY ACADEMY – BAY VIEW 

Five Questions with: Amy Gravell 

Amy Gravell is the president of St. Mary Academy – Bay View, an all-girls Catholic secondary school in East Providence. This upcoming academic year,...

Five Questions With: Dr. Dan Knecht

CVS Health Corp. recently announced a new initiative to help those vulnerable to extreme weather events. The program focuses on extreme heat events first to...
A SUPERIOR COURT judge on Friday ordered Rhode Island Recycled Metals LLC on Allens Avenue to be temporarily closed. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MARK S. MURPHY

Did a Superior Court judge make the right decision allowing Rhode...

Superior Court Judge Brian Stern on July 9 granted the state’s motion for a temporary restraining order forcing embattled Rhode Island Recycled Metals to...
Jason Albuquerque

Cyber Sessions: CrowdStrike incident serves as a wake-up call

(Editor’s note: This is the 24th installment of a monthly column on the growing number of cyberthreats facing businesses of all sizes and what...
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