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General Growth files for Chapter 11 protection

CHICAGO – General Growth Properties Inc., the giant real estate investment trust that owns Providence Place and more than 200 other malls around the...

Fall River unveils economic development plan

FALL RIVER – City officials last week introduced an economic development plan, dubbed “Fall River Energy Enterprise,” that intends to spur economic growth through...
ORIGINALLY AN ESTATE owned by Civil War Colonel Henry Tillinghast Sisson, who also served as Rhode Island lieutenant governor, the Stone House was turned into an inn in the 1920s. /

Historic Little Compton renovation nearing completion

LITTLE COMPTON – The renovation of the historic Stone House, a former membership club and inn, into a hotel will be completed this summer. The...

Report: Housing costs a burden on 50% of Mass. residents

HADLEY, Mass. – Almost half of Massachusetts residents report that housing costs are making it difficult for their families to “make ends meet,” according...

Meeting Street wins Inspiration Award

PROVIDENCE – Meeting Street school’s new Providence campus was named one of two Inspiration Award winners by Contract Magazine. Designed by Saccoccio & Associates...

Five Questions With: Jay Hummer

RE/MAX of New England Executive Vice President Jay Hummer, who overseas 250 RE/MAX offices throughout the region, this week released a report detailing first-time...
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R.I. Business Plan names semifinalists

PROVIDENCE – Business models that would create an online forum for circulating and selling advertising ideas, a cost-saving label-printing system and a self-administered anti-infection...
BROWN IS BEING FORCED to cut costs after a sharp fall in the value of its endowment and a minimal increase in tuition and fees for next year. /

Brown lays off 31 after endowment drops

PROVIDENCE – Brown University has laid off 31 employees and plans to leave 36 vacant positions unfilled as the school cuts millions of dollars...
MASS. GOV. DEVAL PATRICK, shown above addressing the Mass. Legislature in January, is relying on federal stimulus dollars to close a budget gap. /

More cuts in Mass. as budget woes grow

BOSTON – A worse-than-expected decline in tax revenue forced Mass. Gov. Deval L. Patrick on Tuesday to announce his third round of state budget...
NEW BEDFORD HARBOR sits at the mouth of the Acushnet River, which flows south into Buzzards Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The EPA plans to spend an extra $35 million cleaning it up this year. /

New Bedford Harbor cleanup gets $25M

NEW BEDFORD – Between $25 million and $35 million in federal stimulus dollars will be used to speed up the cleanup of contamination in...
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