Pantone’s Color of the Year – Mocha Mousse

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The Pantone Color of the Year 2025 has just been announced, and it’s PANTONE 17-1230 Mocha Mousse. ABOUT THE COLOR Pantone produces a booklet for matching colors and how best to use the new palette in 2025: You can leave your comments, below, about what you think about Mocha Mousse.

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Business Beat: Jennifer St. Pierre now Sr. VP/CFO at Bristol County Savings Bank

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BRISTOL COUNTY SAVINGS BANK APPOINTS ST. PIERRE, CPA, CGMA TO SVP/CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Bristol County Savings Bank (BCSB), headquartered in Taunton, Massachusetts, announces the appointment of Jennifer D. St. Pierre, CPA, CGMA, to the position of Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer. In her new position, St. Pierre serves as an integral part of the Senior…

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Real Estate in RI: Barrington colonial, $1.725M, with Residential Properties

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RPL’s Rayden Closes Million-Dollar Sale of Barrington Colonial Residential Properties Ltd. announced the sale of 10 Boxwood Court in Barrington for $1,725,000. RPL Sales Associate Eddie Rayden proudly represented the seller as the listing agent in this transaction. Tastefully remodeled and with living space galore, this 5-bedroom, 3.5+bath Georgian Colonial on 1+ landscaped acre abuts…

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EPA bans 2 cancer-causing chemicals, TCE and PCE, used at dry cleaners, other products

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Final EPA rules ban all uses of TCE, all consumer uses and many commercial uses of PCE, require worker protections for all remaining uses under the Toxic Substances Control Act The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the latest risk management rules for trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE) under the bipartisan 2016 Toxic Substances Control Act…

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Real Estate in RI: Mansions & Manors joins Residential Properties

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Mansions & Manors® Joins Residential Properties to Expand Jamestown Presence Photo, Pamela Bhatia, Artistic Images, Beavertail Lighthouse Jamestown Residential Properties Ltd. announces an exciting new chapter in their continued strategic growth with expansion into another coastal community. On January 1, 2025, after 30 distinguished years in Newport County and Southern Rhode Island, Mansions & Manors®…

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Business Beat: Ann-Marie Harrington named Chair of Rhode Island Foundation Board of Directors

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Photo: Ann-Marie Harrington will succeed Dr. G. Alan Kurose as chair of the Rhode Island Foundation’s Board of Directors  The entrepreneur and marketing technology exec will lead the Board of Directors of the state’s community foundation, succeeding Dr. G. Alan Kurose    The Board of Directors of the Rhode Island Foundation has elected Ann-Marie Harrington as chair. The…

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The joys of raising financially confident teens – Mary Hunt

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by Mary Hunt, contributing writer Q: – As a teen, my daughter wanted name-brand jeans, clothing, shoes — whatever she thought all the “cool” kids had. She wouldn’t step into a thrift shop or discount store. It was a constant battle until I decided she would have a clothing/necessity allowance. I gave her a set…

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Jack’s Angle: New Urgency – John J. “Jack” Partridge

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by John J. “Jack” Partridge, contributing writer, commentary Recent announcements from the RI Department of Transportation (RIDOT) require thinking through bridge financing with new urgency.   The state has said that in view of a pending $400M budget deficit it can no longer provide additional funding for Providence schools, and now it has to deal…

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