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ELLEN MADISON, owner of the Woody Hill Bed & Breakfast, teaches guests how to cook the really old-fashioned way ? Colonial style. /

Westerly B&B serves up a taste of early American history

Hospitality & Tourism 04/16/2007

Ellen Madison wakes up early on days she teaches Colonial hearth cooking at her Woody Hill Bed & Breakfast in Westerly, starting the fires...

INSTEAD OF LICENSING outdoor areas with the rest of the premises, Providence requires restaurants to apply for a seasonal permit each year, and pay $135, even if the area is private property. Above, the dining area outside Union Station Brewery downtown. /

A reprieve for al fresco dining in Providence

Business Services 04/14/2007

Easing Providence restaurant owners’ fears that their outdoor tables would go unused this season, the R.I. Supreme Court has granted a stay that will...

JEFFREY LYNCH speaks on behalf of the Rhode Island Association of Fire Marshals last Monday at the State House fire code hearing. /

Fire code panel focuses on sprinkler, alarm costs

Education 04/14/2007

The debate over the fire safety codes that Rhode Island adopted after the fire at The Station nightclub continued last week at the second...

Salvadoran VP visits Rhode Island to make new connections

Business Services 04/14/2007

A number of factors drew The Moore Co. Textile Group to invest in a 250-employee manufacturing plant in El Salvador a year ago this...

'ONE OF THE STRENGTHS of this council ... is our ability to come up with a consensus on strategy,' Lt. Gov. Elizabeth H. Roberts told the Small Business Advisory Council. /

Advocacy council makes health care a focus

Entrepreneurship 04/07/2007

Lt. Gov. Elizabeth H. Roberts opened the first Small Business Advocacy Council meeting of her term, on March 29, with a focus on health...

AS220, BankRI share pride in Dreyfus Hotel

Economic Activity 04/07/2007

After about two years of redevelopment efforts, the former Dreyfus Hotel downtown is almost ready to open as an ornate restaurant and pub, street-level...

STATE REPRESENTATIVES Peter T. Ginaitt, left, and Joseph Trillo, center, are co-chairing a commission to gauge the impact of the 2003 fire code on local businesses. /

Hearing on fire code reveals flaws in enforcement

Entrepreneurship 03/31/2007

Lou DeCiantis, owner of Lou’s Laundry in Warwick, didn’t realize he could ask the R.I. Fire Safety Code Board of Appeal and Review for...

'We're getting the station into local ownership, where it belongs,' says WRNI General Manager Joe O?Connor. /

WRNI getting local owners, expanded coverage area

Business Services 03/31/2007

Since taking the job as general manager of WRNI (1290AM), the state’s National Public Radio station, Joe O’Connor has pushed for signal expansion and...

PROVIDENCE Art Windows fills empty storefronts with works such as 'Fragment Land,' a quilt by Mia Capodilupo of Chicago. /

Turning empty windows into artists’ showcases

Economic Activity 03/31/2007

At night, Maureen Keaveny’s window is a black-light-illuminated sculpture of recycled paper shaped into shrubbery. The Rhode Island School of Design junior calls it...