Kevin Shalvey
DEM opens rebuilt HQ for marine law enforcement
WICKFORD – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management yesterday opened a newly reconstructed marine base for the department’s Division of Law Enforcement.
The Wickford...
Swifter action sought on hazardous buildings
PROVIDENCE – As part of an ongoing battle against foreclosed and vacant properties in his own neighborhood and elsewhere, City Councilman Terrence M....
Central Falls homeowners get bigger tax exemption
PROVIDENCE – A bill approved by the R.I. General Assembly will increase the tax exemption for owner-occupied homes in Central Falls, a move that...
Sabitoni honored with UWRI Labor Services Award
PROVIDENCE – United Way of Rhode Island this week honored Michael F. Sabitoni, the president of the Cranston-based Rhode Island Building & Construction...
Seeking profit from tax-exempt land
In Providence, where about 50 percent of the city’s land is owned by tax-exempt nonprofits, city representatives and the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce...
Hospitals feeling the sting of uncompensated care
The $9.6 million increase from R.I. general revenue that the House Finance Committee tacked onto the uncompensated-care line item in the proposed state budget...
The Meadows adds senior housing in N. Smithfield
A $20.2 million affordable-housing development for seniors called The Meadows, in North Smithfield, has used a combination of construction funding that the developer and...
No job too big or small for Casali
When the University of Rhode Island was looking for a firm to design a plan for its rural Kingston campus to curb a flooding...
Canadian asbestos cases dismissed
In dismissing 39 asbestos-related injury cases in May that originated in Canada, from plaintiffs who neither lived nor worked in Rhode Island, the R.I....
Flower baskets, visitor kiosks going up downtown
PROVIDENCE – In an attempt to establish a consistent artistic theme for the downtown and add a way-finding program for visitors to the capital...
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