R.I. now accepts online filings by nonprofits
PROVIDENCE – Nonprofit corporations’ annual reports, due by June 30, can be filed online thanks to a measure approved this week by the General...
$6.89B House budget plan heads to Senate
PROVIDENCE – The House of Representatives last night unanimously approved a $6.89 billion budget for fiscal 2009 that calls deep cuts in education and...
Rockland Trust sponsors F.R. reading club
FALL RIVER – Rockland Trust Co., the bank subsidiary of Rockland, Mass.-based Independent Bank Corp. (Nasdaq: INDB), has donated $3,000 to help underwrite the...
Citizens, R.I. Housing help finance NeighborWorks’ senior living complex
NORTH SMITHFIELD – NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley last week celebrated the opening of an 80-unit affordable-housing complex that was built with the help of...
Oncologist recognized for work with Hispanic women
PROVIDENCE – Dr. Trevor Tejada-Berges, a gynecologic oncologist at Women & Infants Hospital and assistant professor of gynecologic oncology at The Warren Alpert Medical...
BCBSRI invites nonprofits to apply for community health grants
PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island is inviting local nonprofits with a health care focus to apply for its 2009...
Oregon ob/gyn to lead key W&I department
PROVIDENCE – Women & Infants Hospital and Brown University have chosen Dr. Joanna M. Cain, a specialist in gynecologic cancers who helped develop a...
Universal coverage can solve<br> state’s health care woes
The Claflin Co.’s President and CEO Ted Almon was recognized this month for his work in the health care industry with a Grassroots Champion...
Telemundo expansion adds thousands of Mass. viewers
Expansion of WRIW-TV Telemundo Providence to the Comcast cable system that serves the New Bedford and Fall River area has resulted in a 20-percent...
U.S. ‘underinsured’ up 60% in 4 years, report says
BETHESDA, Md. – A study released last week by the Commonwealth Fund shows the number of “underinsured” American adults – people who are insured...