Monday, October 5, 2026

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Randall Realtors named an up-and-coming firm

WESTERLY – For the third consecutive year, Randall Realtors GMAC has been listed in RIS Media’s Real Estate Magazine and Real Trends as one...
GASOLINE PRICES in Rhode Island remain below those in much of the nation, AAA said. Above, Leticia Cardona pumps gas into her van at a station in Chicago. /

AAA: R.I. gas prices fall 6¢ to $3.009/gallon

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island gasoline prices have fallen for the second consecutive week after 15 weeks of increases, according to AAA Southern New England....

Mashpee Tribe still considering New Bedford<br> as casino site, despite Middleboro land...

MIDDLEBORO, Mass. – Trading Cove at Mashpee, the equity partnership teaming up with the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe to develop and operate a casino in...
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Small business ‘matchmaker’ summit<br> on federal contracting runs through Wednesday

WARWICK – More than 500 small businesses from across the Northeast and 80 federal agencies and prime contractors are expected to attend the Small...
CHARLIE GOSS works in the Artiste Historic Windows shop, making wooden windows such as the ones overhead, about  1,500 of which will be needed just for the Hope Webbing mill. 'We're making windows that look historically accurate, using modern techniques,' says shop manager Dennis Lussier. /

Making ‘historic’ mill windows<br> on an industrial scale

What do you do when you’re rehabbing a late-1800s/early 1900s mill and need to replace about 1,500 windows – yet keep them authentic, to...
BAYKEEPER John Torgan shows a tour group the coastal buffer zone at the Save the Bay Center in Providence, which also uses a green roof and other runoff-reducing low-impact design (LID) features. /

CRMC, General Assembly agree:<br> Less runoff is good runoff

While the Smart Development for a Cleaner Bay Act of 2007 percolates through the legislative process, the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council has...
STORYCORPS started in October 2003, with a booth in the Grand Central Terminal in New York City and has gone on to gather oral histories in 39 states. Now, through June 30, it is taping in Providence. /

Capturing American life in intimate conversations

The interviews are deeply personal, intimate conversations – between friends, siblings, life partners, a child and a parent – about experiences that...

2-1-1 hot line connects R.I.<br> to crucial social services

Not long ago, Jane - a stay-at-home mother of two young girls - was abandoned by her husband. Overnight, she became a single mother...

LIN TV signs interactive media deal

LIN TV Corp. last week announced it has signed an agreement with interactive media, video hosting and social networking company VMIX Media to showcase...
JAMES J. KARAM, president and CEO of First Bristol Corp., speaks at a press conference announcing plans to turn the St. Francis Chapel into a Hampton Inn hotel. /

St. Francis Chapel to become a hotel

Evan Granoff, partner of Granoff Associates, said he thinks the benefits of a mid-priced hotel in the financial district of downtown Providence will extend...
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