Chris Barrett
URI library renovations under way
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island’s main library is undergoing a roughly $800,000 project to renovate part of the first floor.
The work...
Girl Scouts of R.I. to move
PROVIDENCE – The Girl Scouts of Rhode Island will vacate its headquarters in Providence and move to Warwick.
Spokeswoman Nicole Kelly said the organization planned...
R.I. construction employment falls
PROVIDENCE – Construction employment in Rhode Island dropped 5.7 percent in August compared with the same month last year, the Associated General Contractors of...
‘High Point’ sells for $3.15M
LITTLE COMPTON – A waterfront home in Little Compton sold for $3.15 million last month, a real estate firm handling the transaction said.
Residential Properties...
Waterplace residences up for auction
PROVIDENCE – Twenty-nine residences at Waterplace will go up for auction next month in an attempt to jump-start sales at the luxury condominium complex.
Developer...
R.I. home sales up, prices down
WARWICK – Sales of single-family homes in the Ocean State rose 22 percent in August compared with the same month last year, the Rhode...
Central Falls partners with charter schools
CENTRAL FALLS – City schools will exchange best practices with five local charter schools under an agreement announced Tuesday.
Part of an effort by the...
Housing affordability little changed
PROVIDENCE – Buying a home remains out of reach for the average Rhode Island household in most of the state’s communities, according to HousingWorksRI’s...
Fiscal literacy still lags among R.I. students
Call it a silver lining of the financial crisis that led to government bailouts, a mortgage crisis and a deep look at how Americans...
F.R. gaining Novelty at Rhody’s expense
For Fall River, it’s just what the economist ordered: a major corporation snapping up a vacant 500,000-square-foot warehouse and promising to bring at least...