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"WE COULD say, 'Aw shoot, the Navy's gone, what can we do?' Or, we can make a contribution to the solution here by creating well-functioning, sustainable institutions with innovative solutions," says Robert Bailey, founder of Source Newport. /

Five Questions With: Robert Bailey

Preservationists, developers and municipal leaders have been meeting since Wednesday in Newport at a three-day conference focusing on sustainability in Rhode Island. Source Newport...

FM Global to expand Glocester campus

GLOCESTER – FM Global today announced that it will spend $38 million on an expansion of its research campus, a project that will include...

Historical commission seeks award entries

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission has put out a call for nominations for the Rhode Island State Historic Preservation Awards. Nominations...

Exeter plans Borderlands workshop

EXETER – Exeter has scheduled a public workshop for Oct. 29 as part of the Borderlands Project, an ongoing study of community planning for...
LOCATED ALONG the university's quadrangle, Lippitt Hall houses URI's Department of Mathematics and Honors Program. /

URI opens renovated Lippitt Hall

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island last week re-opened one of its oldest buildings, Lippitt Hall, after an $8.9 million renovation. The project...

CoreLogic: Local foreclosures up in August

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The foreclosure rate in the Providence-New Bedford-Fall River market rose in August to 1.5 percent from year-ago rate of 1.1 percent,...
VALUABLE PROPERTY: These Cedar Street lots in Providence are among four parcels for which Omni Combined paid $7.95 million on April 3, 2006, according to city records. The properties were appraised by the city for a total of $837,200. Omni principal William DiStefano Jr. says the company is considering building on the parking lots, which are zoned for buildings up to seven stories. /

Omni is building its assets on Federal Hill

In a Federal Hill neighborhood that as soon as January could be rezoned as a “jobs-growth” district – an area where the city intends...

Grow Smart getting its message out to candidates

Warwick Mayor Scott Avedesian, North Kingstown Town Councilor John Patterson, state House of Representatives candidate Peter Martin and Lincoln Town Council candidate Timothy E....
OWNER BARRY EYRE strolls through his company’s 40,000-square-foot, North Kingstown warehouse. /

Stone slabs provide solid business foundation

Since opening its doors in a 10,000-square-foot North Kingstown warehouse in 2005, Saint John Stone has pursued a national clientele of architects and designers...
UNWELCOME SIGHT: Jessica Lang, left, and Kari Lang stand in front of 263 Carpenter Street, where gas meters have been put on the front of the house. /

Gas meter project sparks protest

Residents in a Providence West Side neighborhood have been fighting with energy provider National Grid for the past three months over the location of...
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