Global Broadcasting completes Ch. 6 acquisition
PROVIDENCE – WLNE-TV ABC 6, the ABC affiliate serving Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts, is back under local ownership as of this week.
Global Broadcasting...
R.I. Housing, Urban League get HUD Housing Counseling Awards
WASHINGTON – Rhode Island organizations will receive $213,547 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to help local families find and responsibly...
Patrick proposes ‘historic’ $2B higher-ed bond
BOSTON – Gov. Deval L. Patrick today is filing a 10-year, $2 billion higher-education bond measure with the Mass. Legislature that he described as...
U.S. mortgage applications increase 2.4% last week
WASHINGTON – Mortgage applications nationwide rose last week as applications from homebuyers increased for the first time in three weeks and refinancing applications continued...
R.I. is ranked last, for 3rd year, in business tax climate
WASHINGTON – Rhode Island ranked dead last among the 50 states in the 2008 State Business Tax Climate Index, released today by the Tax...
AAA: R.I. gas prices fall 1¢ to $2.689 per gallon
PROVIDENCE – Gasoline prices at Rhode Island stations are back at pre-Labor Day levels after six weeks of ups and downs, according to AAA...
Reinventing industrial landscapes
Most of the Industrial Age mills being redeveloped throughout the state were not built originally to be attractive for the factory workers filtering in...
Retro gum gives consumers something to chew on
For Providence-based manufacturer Verve Inc., maker of Glee Gum, sustainable production processes are as important as the product that makes it to the shelf....
National Grid gives up on Providence LNG facility
National Grid is ending a four-year quest by its KeySpan Corp. subsidiary to build a large liquefied natural gas marine terminal in Providence.
KeySpan, the...
Will it be a karaoke killer or a mountain bloodbath?
Visions presented at local filmmaker Michael Corrente’s horror film screenwriting competition ranged from a team-building rock-climbing excursion turned bloody mayhem by unknown natural forces...
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