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R.I.-Conn. border planning group to hold meeting

EXETER and KILLINGLY, Conn. – The Borderlands Project, a study of community planning and possible economic growth along the Rhode Island-Connecticut border, will hold...

URI landscape architecture program recognized

KINGSTON – A national design magazine, “Design Intelligence,” this month ranked the University of Rhode Island’s undergraduate landscape architecture program among the top 15...

Five Questions: John K. Grosvenor

Newport Collaborative Architects Inc. founder, principal and CEO John K. Grosvenor has designed more than 75 projects that have earned federal historic preservation tax...

Astro-Med profit shrinks to $2.96M

WEST WARWICK – In the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, Astro-Med Inc. (Nasdaq: ALOT) saw its annual profit fall 31.23 percent to $2.96 million,...

Northeast Engineers to acquire R.I. Wind

MIDDLETOWN – SGE / Northeast Engineers & Consultants Inc. today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire two-year-old Rhode Island Wind and...
THE QUONSET DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION has told the USS Saratoga Museum Foundation that it can no longer reserve space at Quonset Business Park and its Port of Davisville for the ship museum and education center, shown in a 2008 rendering. /

QDC shuts door on Saratoga museum

NORTH KINGSTOWN – In a setback for the proposed USS Saratoga Museum, the board of directors of the Quonset Development Corporation (QDC) “regrettably” voted...
THIS DIGITALLY-ALTERED photo illustrates how, given a 3-foot rise in sea level, much of Waterplace Park in Providence would be underwater during an average spring tide of 9.89 feet. /

Study: Northeast faces most U.S. sea rise

Rhode Island and other coastal parts of the northeastern United States face some of the greatest risks from rising sea levels caused by climate...

General Growth in deals with lenders

CHICAGO – Mall owner General Growth Properties (NYSE: GGP) last night announced agreements with its lenders. The real estate investment trust (REIT) said its administrative...

N.E. Tech plans 123kW wind, solar farm

WARWICK – New England Institute of Technology today announced plans for wind and solar energy projects, at its Access Road campus along Interstate 95,...
NEWPORT GRAND saw net income from its gaming terminals  fall for a fourth straight year, despite the opening last summer of a 22,000 non-smoking VLT and virtual blackjack parlor in its former jai-alai fronton. /

A bad year for local gambling venues

DARTMOUTH – Twin River saw its gambling revenue increase over the past year, defying the trend at most of the region’s casinos and slot...
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