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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...
THE 11-ROOM SHINGLED HOUSE includes 2,759-square-feet of living space, five bedrooms and four bathrooms. The seven-acre property also comes with a separate guesthouse and garage.  / COURTESY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES

‘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...
TWENTY-nine residences at Waterplace will go up for auction next month in an attempt to jump-start sales at the luxury condominium complex. / COURTESY WATERPLACE

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...
HOME SALES in Rhode Island rose in August compared with the same month last year, the Rhode Island Association of Realtors said. For a larger version of this graph click here. / SOURCE: RHODE ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS

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...
HOUSINGWORKSRI said Tuesday that households earning the state's median income could afford housing in nine communities, above in orange. For a larger version, click here. / HOUSINGWORKSRI

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...
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MONEY WISE: BankNewport Vice President and Newport Branch Manager Jennifer Pratt, left, and Vice President and Relationship Manager Renate Marek, conduct a financial presentation to students in Newport.

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...
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