U.S. economy grows a sluggish 1.5% in Q2 with inflation remaining...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. economy expanded at a sluggish 1.5% pace from April through June as rising imports weighed on growth. But consumer spending rose. And...
Five Questions With: Jennifer Mello
Jennifer Mello is a managing partner at The Mello Group Inc., which is based in Seekonk, serving Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts. Mello, designated a pricing...
Custom-built Misquamicut home sells for $2.75M
WESTERLY – A custom-built home in the Misquamicut neighborhood recently sold for $2.75 million, marking the second-highest residential sale in Misquamicut so far this...
East Side two-family home sells for $1.6M
PROVIDENCE – A renovated two-family home in the city's East Side recently sold for $1.6 million, according to Residential Properties Ltd., which represented the...
Burrillville utility approves purchase of lead-detection technology
BURRILLVILLE – Clear River Electric & Water District, a quasi-municipal utility located in Pascoag village, has approved the purchase of Electro Scan Inc.'s technology for identifying...
The Fed leaves interest rate unchanged; hike expected in September
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Reserve left its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday despite persistently high inflation and a spike in energy prices caused...
Shekarchi is on list of R.I. Supreme Court potential nominees, but...
Two judges, a state prosecutor, an appellate litigator who has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, and former House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi made...
Federal judge voids Johnston’s eminent domain seizure of housing site
JOHNSTON – A federal judge has invalidated the town's attempt to seize a 31-acre property by eminent domain last year, ruling the town failed...
General Dynamics Electric Boat parent’s Q2 profit jumps 14%
NORTH KINGSTOWN – General Dynamics Corp., the parent company of General Dynamics Electric Boat, posted a $1.16 billion profit in the second quarter, a...
E.G. chiropractor ordered to pay $74K in Medicaid fraud case
EAST GREENWICH – A Post Road chiropractor has been ordered to pay $74,878 in restitution to the Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and...



















