Carcieri proposes wind farm off Block Island
PROVIDENCE – The state will seek bids from private developers to build and operate an offshore wind farm designed to generate 1.3-million megawatt-hours per...
State OKs angioplasties at Kent Hospital;<br> Landmark asks to stop doing heart...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health yesterday agreed to allow Kent Hospital to begin performing angioplasties without setting up a cardiac surgery program.
In...
Carcieri to seek bids for offshore wind farm
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Donald L. Carcieri this afternoon will announce a plan to seek bids from private developers to build and operate an ...
War memorial is subject of downtown design contest
PROVIDENCE – A memorial to the U.S. soldiers who died during World War II and the wars in Korea and Vietnam has become the...
Kirkbrae completes clubhouse upgrade
LINCOLN – Kirkbrae Country Club has completed a $500,000 renovation, according to club officials.
With new wall coverings, technology, carpeting and lighting, the facility...
Lincoln among FSB ‘Best Places to Live and Launch’
LINCOLN – The Town of Lincoln has been ranked among the nation’s “100 Best Places to Live and Launch” by Fortune Small Business Magazine,...
R.I. leads in tech-sector wage growth
WASHINGTON – On a dollar basis, Rhode Island saw the largest annual growth in technology-job wages of any state nationwide from 2005 to 2006,...
IPOs for tech and other startups hit 5-year low
ARLINGTON, Va. – Just five startups backed by U.S. venture capital firms staged initial public offerings in the first three months of the year,...
Video driving sales of fastest routers, Cisco says
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Networking technology giant Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSO) reports that sales of its fastest, most expensive network router have surged...
Scott Berkey named CEO of Simulia
PARIS and PROVIDENCE – Dassault Systèmes, the 3D and product lifecycle management (PLM) software company, has named Scott Berkey to serve as CEO of...