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STARTING UP: Sara Sprague, left, and Jennifer Brady-Brown stand in front of Wild Flowers, their new shop on Block Island. /

Despite seasonal ups and downs, SBA sees growth potential on Block...

When Jennifer Brady-Brown and Sara Sprague approached The Washington Trust Co. in March with an idea to start a women’s boutique on Block Island,...
THE MASS. SENATE has approved a change in use for the planned 300-acre biotech partk off Route 24 in Fall River - D20 on this map of a proposed new MBTA line. (Click here to view a larger version.) /

Fall River gambling one step closer

BOSTON – The Massachusetts Senate took another step toward the creation of an Indian resort casino in Fall River Thursday, when it voted to...
THE TOWN COMMON in Norton. The town is set to lose two of its largest employers and property-taxpayers, Sysco Boston and General Motors. /

Sysco exit, GM shutdown hit Norton hard

NORTON – A double whammy of bad economic news has hit this town of 19,222 recently, with its largest employer and taxpayer firming up...
New Bedford Whaling Museum President James Russell addresses the crowd Saturday at a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the reopening of the Whaling Museum's 1906 entrance to its newly restored Old Dartmouth Historical Society - Wattles Family Gallery.  /

N.B. whaling museum gallery reopens

NEW BEDFORD – After eight weeks of renovation, the New Bedford Whaling Museum reopened its original 103-year-old gallery space Monday for the first time...
FROM LEFT: Bryan Ferguson, director of development, Children’s Friend; Wendy Kopp, marketing director, Panera Bread/Howley Bread Group; Sean Noel, Rhode Island district manager, Panera Bread/Howley Bread Group, Tom Howley, vice president Panera Bread/Howley Bread Group; David Caprio, executive director, Children’s Friend; Jim Ramaglia, Massachusetts district manager, Panera Bread/HBG; and Julie Casimiro, administrator, advancement, Children’s Friend. /

Panera donates $49K to Children’s Friend

Panera Bread recently presented Children’s Friend with a $49,324 donation. The funds were raised at various Rhode Island and Massachusetts locations through Panera’s Operation...

There’s no substitute for top-notch service

The main reason we dine out has very little to do with food. In survey after survey, diners in this country overwhelmingly respond that...

SBA meets with Block Island businesses

NEW SHOREHAM – A contingent of officials from the U.S. Small Business Administration and bankers visited Block Island on Wednesday in an outreach effort. SBA...
THE INTERLINK LOGO, designed by RDW Group partly based on an idea from a group of Bryant students, will be used by the R.I. Airport Corporation. /

T.F. Green intermodal named ‘Interlink’

(Updated, 12:30 p.m.) WARWICK – The R.I. Airport Corporation has selected Interlink, a name partly suggested by a group of recent Bryant University graduates, as...
FROM LEFT: Saul Kaplan, co-chair of The Miriam Hospital Wine & Dine; John Elkay of the Chow Fun Food Group; Miriam Garron, Food Network’s “Throwdown! With Bobby Flay”; Robert Irvine, Food Network’s “Dinner Impossible”; Susan Kaplan, co-chair of The Miriam Hospital Wine & Dine; Casey Riley of the Newport Restaurant Group; and Sunny Anderson, Food Network’s “Cooking for Real.” /

Wine & Dine event raises $443K for cancer center

Hospital donors and others had the opportunity to meet celebrity chefs, watch a cooking challenge and bid at a live auction at a recent...

New Bedford again has downtown hotel

NEW BEDFORD – The city’s only downtown hotel opened quietly last month, making it the first hotel in downtown since 1969. The 106-room Marriott...
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