Conversion of efficiencies board’s answer to Sec.8
The Providence Housing Authority, citing competition from Section 8 housing, will convert 15 to 20 percent of its efficiency units into one-bedroom apartments to...
Despite resistance, ATM fees are still with us
There is good and bad news for people constantly seeking out quick cash but can never find their bank's ATM.
The good news is surcharges...
Auto body group campaigns to offset ‘preferred’ repair shops
Some independent auto body repair shops in Rhode Island are launching a public relations campaign -- which will include a Web site -- this...
It’s been a very good year for back-to-school sales
When we last checked in with Joseph Cavanaugh, store manager at Cost-Plus on Smith Street in North Providence, he was busy stocking his shelves...
Conservative ‘think tank’ gives Almond a ‘C’ grade
The Cato Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based conservative think tank, has released its "Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors: 1998."
And Rhode Island's Gov....
First-year enrollment up in 6 of 7 colleges
Most Rhode Island colleges and universities welcomed a larger freshman class to their campuses this year.
All but one of the seven colleges that reported...
Credit unions welcome
Federal credit unions are buoyant about recent legislation enabling them to expand more easily, but bankers warn that the new law only subsidizes what...
Publisher names Dunbar PBN vice president
Roger Bergenheim, owner and publisher of Providence Business News announced last week the promotion of advertising director David C. Dunbar to vice president and...
Sundlun and the bank crisis
There aren't many days that go by without former Gov. Bruce Sundlun being reminded of the state's infamous banking crisis.
It was Sundlun who made...
Care New England
And while we are concerned about the attorney general's attacks on the media, we applaud Atty. Gen. Jeffrey B. Pine for his recent decision...
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