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Bank of America Names Kevin Tracy President of Rhode Island
William Hatfield to retire as Market President after 40 years with the company June 2, 2021 at 11:00 AM Eastern
Bank of America has named Kevin Tracy as President of Bank of Rhode Island. Tracy succeeds Bill Hatfield, who has served as Rhode Island market president since 2004 and market executive for Bank of America Private Bank in Rhode Island, announced his retirement last month.
During his time as president in Rhode Island, Hatfield has been a critical leader in the community focused on leading and delivering for our employees and clients, while acting as a champion for the company’s responsible growth strategy. He has served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce and a member (and former Chairman) of its Board of Directors. Hatfield has been a member of the Rhode Island Commodores Board of Governors and served as the founding Board Ch
Brian Daniels, executive director of the league, said in written testimony to the committee that special elections take time to plan, are costly and usually have low turnouts. Instead, communities “should be able to opt-out through their respective [town or city] councils rather than through a ballot referendum.”
Matthew Santacroce, head of the state Office of Cannabis Regulation, said the election mandate was included to give potential businesses “certainty” whether a community would welcome a marijuana store or not. But Santacroce said he understood community concerns, too, that they would only have a few months to prepare for an election if the governor’s proposal passed in June.
PAWTUCKET – In John Partridge’s fourth book, “Under Blood Moons,” he pulls back the curtain on the drama surrounding parole board hearings and unpopular decisions, using real-world research to help craft this work of fiction.
“Under Blood Moons” introduces a not-to-be-forgotten hero, “the raffish Jake Fournier,” says Partridge. As a former boozer who was addicted to opiates, who still suffers migraines and PTSD resulting from the loss of an arm in the Iraq War and the death of his pregnant wife at the hands of a hit-and-run driver, he makes an improbable parole board member, states a synopsis. Amid confronting his wife’s murderer in a fight to the death, he steps into “a whirlwind of political and social media turmoil,” when an embittered and disfigured lifer, who as a teenager confessed to a brutal murder, petitions the board for parole.