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First Wind lands development rights for 3 Mass. towns
First Wind, in an acquisition of Victus Solar developments in three Massachusetts towns, now holds the rights to just over 26 megawatts in solar-electric projects, reported the Boston Business Journal. more
| 5/7/13
USDA accepts preproposals for $70K in grants
The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service of Rhode Island is currently accepting preproposals for applications for conservation-innovation grants, which are designed to stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies, the USDA announced Thursday. more
| 5/2/13
Travel bans test business planning
“The show must go on” is such a powerful mantra in live theater that for decades fearsome storms that shut down every other type of business wouldn’t cancel a scheduled performance. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 2/18/13

Mosaico’s brownfield cleanup gets $200K boost
Diana Campbell, executive director of the Mosaico Business & Community Development Corp. in Bristol, and Diane M. Williamson, director of community development for the town, are hopeful a $200,000 brownfield-cleanup grant will help ensure the firm’s site at the Bristol Industrial Park will soon be put to good use. more
Volunteers step up in Sandy cleanup
Trips to Misquamicut Beach in Westerly have been annual rites of summer for Michael Ziegler, district sales manager at Collette Vacations, since he was a child. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 3/25/13

R.I. to receive $4.5M for Sandy relief
Rhode Island is slated to receive nearly $4.5 million from the U.S. Department of the Interior to help repair historic properties and clean up wildlife refuges damaged by Hurricane Sandy, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed announced Tuesday. more
| 5/8/13
EPA to conduct ‘5-year review’ on local Superfund Sites
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is conducting a “five-year review” for 16 New England Superfund Sites, including two in Rhode Island – the Central Landfill in Johnston and Picillo Farm in Coventry. more
| 5/10/13
DEM acquires 189 acres for conservation in Burrillville
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management has acquired 189 acres in Burrillville from the Boy Scouts of Rhode Island, according to a news release. more
7/9/12
New Bedford project getting pollution grant
BOSTON – A New Bedford project was one of four receiving a combined $210,372 in grants in Massachusetts for watershed-pollution assessment and planning work to address water-quality impairments. more
9/10/12
Beach cleanup work keeps veterans afloat
After serving 17 years in the military, Matthew Paquette left his work as an electrician’s mate in the Navy, where he was assigned to the USS Shasta Battle Group Echo, stationed off the coast of Kuwait. more

By Rhonda Miller
PBN Staff Writer | 4/22/13

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