Kevin Shalvey
Summer camp reopens as 40 condos
NARRAGANSETT – Rhode Island Housing and the Narragansett Affordable Housing Corporation today will celebrate will celebrate the transformation of a former summer camp into...
N.B. mill project gets $1.3M infrastructure aid
NEW BEDFORD – The Fairhaven Mills Rehabilitation Project got a boost with the announcement yesterday of a $1.3 million public-infrastructure grant.
Gov. Deval L. Patrick...
Fundraisers aren’t singing the blues
A few months ago, Pawtucket Economic & Cultural Affairs Officer Herbert Weiss doubted he could match the money raised for the Pawtucket Arts Festival...
R.I. firms have interest in stalled Colombia talks
The free-trade agreement with Colombia that’s stalled in Congress would, if passed, benefit some Rhode Island companies, according to Brian A. Nichols, deputy chief...
The cutting edge of fishing gear
Ocean State Tackle owner Dave Henault is a hands-on manager, the kind who doesn’t think twice about telling a reporter to hold on the...
NOAA site informs businesses about shellfish
Scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Cape Cod predict that harmful algal blooms this year in the waters off Massachusetts and Maine could...
Owners are working to put mark on island inns
About three years ago, Caren Kempf and her husband, John, were looking for a business to invest in, something that would propel them into...
R.I. Housing supports creation of 4 ‘village centers’
Frank Shea, executive director of the nonprofit Olneyville Housing Corporation, is concerned that redevelopment on Providence’s West Side has been pushing working families out...
Townhouses planned at Bristol’s historic Belvedere
As a requirement for securing the R.I. Coastal Resource Management Council’s approval for new construction of a residential building at the Belvedere at Bristol...
PPS releases list of Most Endangered Properties
The Providence Preservation Society last week announced its 2008 Most Endangered Properties List, which this year includes a Smith Hill theater, an East Side...
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