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Warwick City Council approves union contracts
Monday evening, the Warwick City Council unanimously approved three contracts with the city’s municipal employee, police and firefighters’ unions. more
Sea Corp. lands $86M Navy contract
Systems Engineering Associates Corporation – Sea Corp. – has been awarded a three-year, $86 million contract to support the electromagnetic department of Newport’s Naval Undersea Warfare Center. more
| 9/10/12
Rhode Islanders prep for Hurricane Sandy
Residents, government offices and utilities throughout Rhode Island and Southern New England are taking steps to prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy, which is set to hit the East Coast late Sunday and peak on Monday and Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. more
URI chemist awarded $400K ‘early career’ grant by NSF
Jason Dwyer, an assistant chemistry professor at the University of Rhode Island, has been awarded a five-year, $400,000 research grant from the National Science Foundation. more
Black Friday Walmart protests head to R.I., Mass.
As part of a nationwide Black Friday protest, Walmart workers and community allies plan to gather at Walmart retail stores across Rhode Island and Massachusetts on Black Friday. more
| 11/23/12
Report: R.I. lays groundwork for wind energy
The Ocean State could be one the first states with offshore wind farms, according to a report released by Environment Rhode Island, the Conservation Law Foundation and the Environment Council of Rhode Island. more
| 9/13/12
R.I. Foundation holding ‘Make It Happen RI’
The Rhode Island Foundation and President and CEO Neil D. Steinberg will host “Make It Happen RI” on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 7 and 8. The event is designed to identify specific plans, along with the path to implement them, that in the end will help to create economic activity in the state that supplements what the private sector is doing currently. more
| 7/30/12
More than 45,000 still without power in Sandy’s wake
(Updated, 4 p.m.) National Grid has restored power to more than 75,000 Rhode Island customers, but another 45,000 are still in the dark. more
Farrell named co-chair of R.I. biz plan competition
Margaret “Peggy” Farrell has been named the new co-chair of the Rhode Island Business Plan Competition, the organization announced Tuesday. more
| 9/11/12
38 Studios auction pulls in $180K
Bargain hunters spent $180,000 scooping up office furnishings and video-game equipment formerly belonging to 38 Studios LLC at the company’s Maryland bankruptcy auction last week, the court-appointed receiver in the case announced Thursday. more
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