2-1-1 hot line connects R.I.<br> to crucial social services
Not long ago, Jane - a stay-at-home mother of two young girls - was abandoned by her husband. Overnight, she became a single mother...
Experts see need for better women’s care
One in 10 Rhode Island women becomes pregnant each year, 36 percent of them unintentionally. Almost a quarter will have an abortion; 15 percent...
LIN TV signs interactive media deal
LIN TV Corp. last week announced it has signed an agreement with interactive media, video hosting and social networking company VMIX Media to showcase...
Keep the pressure on for R.I. wind energy
It is baffling that the Massachusetts wind energy project is meeting such a strong, well, headwind.
The project, which could supply 75 percent of the...
Let’s clarify ambiguities in the family leave law
The federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 was enacted to allow employees to take unpaid leaves of absence without risking their job...
Cancer Council is too important to lose funding
Included in the many decisions that the R.I. General Assembly will face in the next month or so, as it finalizes the state budget...
Out of the water, at long last
Volunteers from five organizations worked together last Monday to remove a barge that had been grounded on the Providence Harbor shore since the Hurricane...
St. Francis Chapel to become a hotel
Evan Granoff, partner of Granoff Associates, said he thinks the benefits of a mid-priced hotel in the financial district of downtown Providence will extend...
Green light for two big projects
The state Health Services Council last week unanimously approved a $44 million plan to move and dramatically expand the Tockwotton Home and a $7.3...
Commercial Transactions
Following are the most recently filed commercial real estate transactions in Rhode Island and Bristol Co., Mass. The listing is copyrighted by Banker &...
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