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Incentives face scrutiny in G.A.
Business incentives and tax breaks were in the spotlight in the past year and will almost certainly be again in 2013.
38 Studios LLC’s failed...
Quality, tradition part of recipe
Paul Skoczylas grew up around kielbasa. By age 8, he was lending a hand at Central Falls Provision, his family’s Polish sausage shop, and...
City weighs legal void on chickens
Urban chicken-keeping in Rhode Island appeared to cross from the fringe into the mainstream two years ago when Providence legalized small, backyard flocks, followed...
Chafee, business leaders at odds on view of economy
Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee’s latest idea for repairing the Rhode Island economy may be his most controversial.
The drive to boosting state commerce by reforming...
Waiting game to rebuild along coast
The storm surge from Hurricane Sandy shifted Richard Broccoli’s Charlestown cottage on its pilings, ripped off the front deck and ruined the electrical system.
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Redesigned riverfront park smaller, more ‘flexible’
It’s smaller than first imagined, but a redesigned riverfront park slated for downtown Providence’s former Interstate 195 land should be better than the larger,...
Carnegie Abbey gets luxury neighbor
At a time when small and simple are fashionable, the owner of the Carnegie Abbey Club in Portsmouth has doubled down on large and...
Death of a firm can breathe life into others at auction
SJ Corio Co. President Salvatore Corio Jr. has been running liquidation auctions in Rhode Island since 1983, so when he took on the 38...
State looking for public beach access
Before their properties faced the rising floodwaters of Hurricane Sandy, homeowners on Misquamicut Beach in Westerly were bracing for a legal siege from the...
City bike makers building a market
The custom bicycle frames being built by hand at Circle A Cycles in Providence combine the old and the new.
Old in that the idea...
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