Rhode Island’s unemployment rate fell to 10.2 percent for December, the lowest unemployment rate for the Ocean State since March 2009, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training said Thursday. more

Lisa Gardner has been named resident care director at Tockwotton on the Waterfront. more

Bob Erickson has been promoted to vice president of business development at ESS. He will be responsible for identifying business opportunities and fostering relationships with clients and teaming partners. more

Geoff Eisenacher has been appointed vice president of business development for Corvias Campus Living. more

Christina De Ingenis has been named branch manager of Bank Rhode Island’s Woonsocket office. more

Angela L. Carr has been named a partner at Taylor Duane Barton & Gilman LLP, where she serves as a civil litigator, focusing her trial practice on professional liability defense, employment law business litigation, real estate disputes and insurance coverage law. Carr, who was named a 2012 Rhode Island Rising Star by Super Lawyers, holds a J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law. • more

Robert P. Brooks has been named managing partner at Adler Pollack & Sheehan P.C. Brooks is a chair of the firm’s labor and employment group and has served on the firm’s executive committee for 10 years. more

Nicole M. Sheusi has been named director of marketing at Tockwotton on the Waterfront. more

Anne Murphy has been named Courtyard program director at Tockwotton on the Waterfront, where she will be responsible for providing leadership and coordination to the Courtyard Memory Care team. more

Ted Witkowski has been named vice president, business development, for Rhode Island at Right Management. more