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BV Tourism Council is first in nation to win<br> WTTC’s global...

PAWTUCKET – The Blackstone Valley Tourism Council has won the “Destination Award” presented by the World Travel & Tourism Council. The announcement came during...
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC: British immigrant Fariba “Fab” Goldberg started Basically British Tea Room in Bristol 14 years ago, moving the business to Warren in 2006 /

Bangers and bric-a-brac, with tea

Journey to Britain without leaving Rhode Island by visiting the Basically British Tea Room, an Anglophile’s delight, complete with cucumber sandwiches, clotted cream, bangers...

Several local companies get recognition in SBA awards

Winners of the 2008 Small Business Awards include a Pawtucket transportation company, a historic Federal Hill restaurant and two small business advocates with the...

BVTC founder still luring tourists after 23 years

The Blackstone Valley has come full circle. The river valley in northern Rhode Island became known across the globe as the birthplace of the industrial...
LISA CARNEVALE, center, and Erik Bright, right, speak with Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse’s Eric Bush at the firm’s American Locomotive Works development. /

Group&rsquo;s effort to protect mill tenants paying off

When Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse Inc. began the $300 million renovation of the former American Locomotive Co. on Valley Street in Providence about...
WALTER “SALTY” BRINE, who passed away in 2004, was WPRO radio’s morning show host for 51 years. /

‘Salty’ Brine heads list of radio hall inductees

The paper plate is saved for posterity. As soon as the Rhode Island Radio Hall of Fame has a place to call home, the paper...

Concordia Mfg. plans $1.6M R.I. expansion

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Economic Development Corporation announced today that Concordia Manufacturing LLC will be expanding into Warwick with the help of $500,000 in...

Eric Weiner is R.I. Small Business Person of Year

PROVIDENCE – A Pawtucket transportation company, a historic Federal Hill restaurant and two small business advocates with the Rhode Island Coalition for Minority Investment...

Realtors cope with slumping market

From taking on new jobs to concentrating on educating themselves and their clients, residential real estate agents in Rhode Island are finding new ways...
TENY GROSS, executive director of the Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence, talks to Institute “Streetworker” Larry Davis, right, and Brandon Ferrell. /

Streetworkers do their part to limit gang violence

Barry Preston, managing director of the Armory Revival Co. on Westminster Street, credits a dedicated group of young people with improving the safety of...
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