Wednesday, September 30, 2026

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HANDS-ON APPROACH: Chris Waterson, left, general manager of Waterson Terminal Services at the Port of Providence, speaks with Gabriel Spych, services supervisor. In the background is the Nikos N, out of Chennai, India, carrying hand-cut cobblestones from India. Waterson said every WTS customer receives hands-on management on a day-to-day basis.
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Adaptability yields growth

Waterson Terminal Services LLC formed less than a decade ago, a new company that combined the business interests of two previous founders and worked...

Ferguson receives environmental merit award

WENLEY FERGUSON, director of habitat restoration for Save The Bay, recently received the Environmental Protection Agency’s New England Environmental Merit Award at a ceremony...
A TORNADO WARNING has been issued by the National Weather Service for east central Providence County, western central Bristol County, Mass, and southwestern Norfolk County, Mass., until 4 p.m. Tuesday.

Tornado warning issued for east central Providence County, Bristol County, Mass.

PROVIDENCE – A tornado warning has been issued by the National Weather Service for east central Providence County, western central Bristol County, Mass, and...
TAKES GUTS: Michael Marchetti, executive director of the Rhode Island-based Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation, sees potential profits in scallop viscera. / COURTESY JOHN LEE

URI to measure R.I.’s ocean economy to foster business collaboration

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island is leading a wide-ranging study to document the size and impact of the so-called “blue economy”...

Gas prices in R.I., Mass. tick down

PROVIDENCE – The average price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island decreased 2 cents to $2.82 per gallon this week, 3 cents...

Federal regulators approve liquefied natural gas project in Providence

PROVIDENCE – Federal regulators have approved a controversial plan by utility giant National Grid PLC to build a $180 million liquefied natural gas facility...
GREEN DEVELOPMENT said construction on a seven-turbine onshore wind farm in Johnston will begin next week and the company expects the turbines to be operational before the end of the year.

Seven-turbine, onshore wind farm to begin construction in Johnston

JOHNSTON – Work on a seven-turbine, 21-megawatt onshore wind farm is expected to begin next week, the developer, Green Development LLC, announced Thursday. The company...

Five Questions With: Caroline Scanlan

Caroline Scanlan is the new urban and community forestry program coordinator at the Division of Forest Environment for the R.I. Department of Environmental Management....

Consumer Watchdog blasts insurance industry over fossil fuel investments

PROVIDENCE – While many in the insurance industry lament the impacts of global warming, the nation’s top insurance companies remain heavily invested in the...
GAS PRICES in Rhode Island and Massachusetts remained unchanged at an average price of $2.84 per gallon this week. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/DANIEL ACKER

R.I., Mass. gas prices remain unchanged at $2.84 per gallon

PROVIDENCE – The average price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island remained unchanged this week at $2.84 per gallon, 5 cents below...
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