Alex Kowalski
‘Tour R.I.’ expands trips to Conn., Mass.
PAWTUCKET - Blackstone Valley Tourism Council Inc. is looking to book day-trips into Massachusetts and Connecticut with a revamped tour brand, set to depart...
Raytheon, Pats kick off ‘Science of Sports’
Students from the Newport and Pawtucket Boys and Girls Clubs joined the “Science of Sports” Science Fair at Gillette Stadium last week, where they...
KVH secures $7.2M contract, upgrades network
MIDDLETOWN – Navigation technology developer KVH Industries Inc. has received two orders totaling $7.2 million with an “international military customer” to outfit armored vehicles...
High school dropout gender gap highest in R.I., Conn.
WASHINGTON - Rhode Island has one of largest gender gaps among high school dropouts in the country, according to a U.S. Department of Education...
Sales of U.S. existing homes decrease on lack of supply
WASHINGTON - Sales of U.S. existing homes unexpectedly dropped in December as the lowest supply in more than a decade cut into the industry’s...
SBA to lift gender limits on contracts
WASHINGTON - Women-owned small businesses applying for government contracts will no longer face award limits, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced Thursday.
Women-owned small...
Salve lands Pell Center grant from humanities council
(Corrected, 8:44 a.m., Jan. 18)
NEWPORT - A grant from the R.I. Council for the Humanities (RICH) to the Pell Center for International Relations and...
Amgen plans $200 million facility in Singapore
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – Amgen Inc., one of the world’s largest biotechnology companies, plans to invest $200 million on a new manufacturing facility in...
Cumberland pharma firm moves to new office, lab in Mass.
(Updated Jan.18, 3 p.m.)
CUMBERLAND – Pharmaceutical developer Collegium Pharmaceutical Inc. has moved its operations out of Cumberland to more refined labs Canton, Mass., the...
DEM initiates training regimen, hires new associate director
PROVIDENCE – As a broader part of an effort to improve the state’s regulatory climate, the R.I. Department of Environmental Management has initiated “Lean”...

















