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When the Supreme Court upheld the health care-reform law on federal tax grounds, it restoked a housing issue that had been relatively quiet for the past year: The alleged 3.8 percent “real estate tax” on home sales beginning in 2013 that is buried away in the legislation.
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7/23/12
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Michael Parascandola, whose family owns the last private fishing pier in Newport Harbor, remembers when there were 20 small saloons on Thames Street and the fish business was booming on the waterfront.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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Picture this: You’re a Providence-area artist – like ceramicist Anna Rae Fleischer – seeking studio space to rent near your neighborhood. Or maybe you’re a developer looking to open a studio or gallery where others could make and display their work.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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Private Reserve Properties LLC, a Providence company, faces an Environmental Protection Agency penalty of up to $421,900 for what the agency says are repeated violations of federal lead-based paint disclosure laws and regulations.
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By PBN Staff
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(Updated, 2 p.m.) In a move that represents a “major re-investment in the local economy,” Alex and Ani LLC has purchased Sakonnet Vineyards in Little Compton, the jewelry designer announced Thursday.
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By PBN Staff
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Confidence among U.S. homebuilders increased in July by the most in almost a decade, indicating further improvement in …
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By Michelle Jamrisko |
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Design firms are enjoying a renaissance of sorts across the Ocean State.
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By Michael Souza |
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When the great floods of 2010 washed out the Laurel Avenue bridge in Coventry, Rhode Island transportation officials were under pressure to rebuild it faster than the state’s traditional bidding rules for construction projects would allow.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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Building a new home for the humanities on campus was always going to be a significant moment in the 95-year history of Providence College.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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There is a growing national trend called design-build, and in short, it is a way for building projects to be executed more quickly, with fewer surprises and thus, at a lower cost.
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7/16/12
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