SEED names Covell its banker of the year
TAUNTON – The South Eastern Economic Development Corporation (SEED) has selected Ellen Covell, a vice president and commercial lending officer at Cape Cod...
Williams to leave state service for RWU
PROVIDENCE and BRISTOL – Jerome F. Williams, director of the R.I. Department of Administration and before that, of the R.I. Department of Transportation, is...
R.I. gets $975,000 for local food and shelter aid
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will receive more than $975,000 under the U.S. Emergency Food and Shelter (EFS) Program to assist local food banks, shelters,...
Test of business idea is in the plan
(This is the third and final installment in an occasional series on the issues and challenges that confront enrollees in the 13-week Center for...
MIDC stops making new loans
A Providence-based nonbank lender catering to “underserved” small businesses owned by minorities and women has stopped taking new loan applications and is considering overhauling...
South County Hospital to open cath lab
South County Hospital plans to open a $2 million diagnostic cardiac catheterization lab early next month, staffed by local physicians and backed up by...
Retired DEM official lauded for organizing enforcement
After more than 30 years at the R.I. Department of Environmental Management, Dean Albro retired in September as the chief of the Office of...
Women’s initiatives are thriving in R.I.
A little more than one year ago, law firm Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP launched its women’s initiative, Women AdVocates for Enterprise, or WAVE,...
Author: Minorities’ access to law schools limited
In arguing against what he sees as the too-lofty entry requirements imposed by American Bar Association accreditation for United States law schools, Massachusetts School...
Paper’s focus is on the positive
Since the late 1800s, Rhode Island has been home to a number of newspapers aimed at the black community. That tradition continues today with...