SEC filing of the week: Ousted Pangaea directors threaten to become...
NEWPORT – Three former board members of Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. are threatening to become activist investors, claiming they were wrongfully dismissed from the...
R.I. Senate confirms new Cannabis Control Commission chair
The independent state agency shaping the nascent cannabis industry is whole again, with a new chairperson confirmed by the Rhode Island Senate on its...
McKee, New England governors urge federal regulators to block utility profit...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee has joined all five other New England governors in urging federal regulators to reject a proposal by regional...
Brown University Health restructures leadership at 2 Massachusetts hospitals
PROVIDENCE – Brown University Health has named new presidents and chief financial officers at its two Massachusetts hospitals that is part of a leadership...
Court decides not to appoint U.S. attorney, leaving Calenda in charge
PROVIDENCE – The U.S. District Court in Rhode Island has declined to appoint an interim U.S. attorney for the state, effectively leaving Charles C....
McDermott named executive director of McAuley Ministries
PROVIDENCE – Christine McDermott has been named executive director of McAuley Ministries, the nonprofit announced Monday.
McDermott succeeds Barbara Haynes, who recently retired after leading McAuley since 2018. “ is...
Cyber Sessions: We’ve entered the AI era of ‘Great Acceleration’
(Editor’s note: This is the 44th installment of a monthly column on the growing number of cyberthreats facing businesses of all sizes and what...
Shyllon named executive director of Boys Town
PORTSMOUTH – Marcy Shyllon has been named executive director of Boys Town after leading the nonprofit on an interim basis since 2025.
She succeeds Sarah Galvan, who resigned...
‘It’s not luck’: Bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand highlights consistency, discipline at...
SMITHFIELD – Though author Elin Hilderbrand has been called "queen of the beach read," achieving the title – and establishing it as a moniker...
An ocean of lessons
Jonathan Kabak | Maritime Rhode Island CEO
If you think the business world is unforgiving … try the ocean. Seafaring provides lessons in how to...



















