Subprime claims could arrive in mail soon
PROVIDENCE – Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch announced last week that consumers who obtained financing through Ameriquest Mortgage Co. could expect to receive their...
Textron announces purchase of aviation-management firm
PROVIDENCE – Textron Inc.’s Bell Helicopter Co. segment recently announced the acquisition of SkyBOOKS, an innovative aviation-management business that provides comprehensive information necessary for...
KVH named top supplier by General Dynamics
MIDDLETOWN – KVH Industries Inc. was recently honored by General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada as a Supplier of the Year.
The award was presented in...
Talking points leave impact
One of my favorite “Peanuts” comic strips is about students who were asked to write about their feelings on returning to school in the...
R.I. artists are engines for growth
A key component of the Providence renaissance has been the sweat equity that the region’s artistic community has put into settling and slowly rehabilitating...
Donation to help center with student scholarships
Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island recently donated $17,500 to the Northern Rhode Island Area Health Education Center to create a scholarship for health...
UMass director tapped for RWMC transplant post
Dr. Ahmad Samer Al-Homsi has joined Roger Williams Medical Center as director of the Blood and Marrow Transplant Unit. Al-Homsi comes to Roger Williams...
With squid in season, sellers look to sea for profits
Of the nearly 300 species of squid, one of the finest, Loligo pealei, is found in great quantities on the southern New England shelf,...
Former police chief tapped to head DMV
PROVIDENCE – Anthony J. Silva, the director of the R.I. Municipal Police Training Academy and former Cumberland police chief, was named associate director of...
Despite 4th quarter drop, BankRI’s profit up in ’07
Bank Rhode Island last week posted a 5.6-percent, year-over-year decline in its earnings for the fourth quarter, but the bank finished with a $9.05...
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