Jacquelyn Voghel
Omni Providence Hotel workers authorize strike
PROVIDENCE – Workers at the Omni Providence Hotel voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike, the UNITE HERE Local 26 union announced Wednesday night.
After a...
E-ZPass to serve as gas, parking payment option for R.I. customers
PROVIDENCE – Ocean State E-ZPass customers can soon use their transponders to pay for more than tolls.
Through a partnership with PayByCar Inc., the E-ZPass...
Recent Ocean Tech Hub grant part of $9.5M funding round
PROVIDENCE – After missing out on a portion of $504 million in federal funding, the Ocean Tech Hub received a recent $500,000 award as...
Bristol property reopens as state’s largest closed-landfill solar site
BRISTOL – A once-derelict municipal property has found new life as Rhode Island's largest closed-landfill solar site.
The 90-acre Bristol Landfill Solar Project, with 6.875...
Market Basket owner buys Seekonk movie theater property
SEEKONK – DeMoulas Super Markets Inc., the operator of Market Basket supermarkets, has purchased the Commerce Way property currently occupied by Showcase Cinemas Seekonk...
A rare source for paper imports
When leading arts and research institutions like the Rhode Island School of Design and Library of Congress need to restore centuries-old prints and manuscripts,...
Is holding an R.I. constitutional convention a danger?
As Rhode Island undertakes its once-a-decade tradition of deliberating whether the state should hold a constitutional convention, a unified opposition and scattered proponents have...
Light Frame aims to improve fintech intelligence capabilities
Though financial technology company Light Frame Ltd. launched less than a year ago, CEO Schuyler Weiss is no stranger to the banking software sphere...
Port of Davisville reports 51% year-over-year volume increase
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Quonset Development Corp.'s Port of Davisville has so far had a busy 2024, the quasi-state agency reports, with a 51% year-over-year...
Ocean Tech Hub receives $500K federal grant
PROVIDENCE – Less than a month after the Ocean Tech Hub was passed over for a cut of $504 million in federal grants, the...
