BCC enrolling course for weatherization installers
FALL RIVER – Bristol Community College’s Green Center is enrolling for the next phase of the pilot weatherization-installer course, which prepares builders, contractors, and...
UMass plans to build a wind turbine on campus
DARTMOUTH – The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is moving ahead with plans to build a 600-kilowatt wind turbine that will annually produce the same...
Providence to receive IBM Smarter Cities grant
PROVIDENCE – Providence was named as a recipient of the IBM Smarter Cities grant along with 23 other cities worldwide, Mayor Angel Taveras' office...
Providence traffic … not so bad
KIRKLAND, Wash. – Sure, traffic is an annoyance to most. But Providence, ranking near the middle among the 100 worst congested metro areas in...
Betaspring graduate Green Goose raises $500,000
BOSTON – Green Goose, a company that participated in the Betaspring incubator program and the Cambridge Innovation Center, has raised $500,000 from angel investors...
Rhode Islanders walloped again by 15-cent gas price jump
PROVIDENCE - Gasoline prices in Rhode Island jumped 15 cents for the second consecutive week, AAA Southern New England reported Monday.
The auto club’s...
Cox Charities scores with local youths
More than 100 youths and family members from the Boys & Girls Clubs of
Warwick; Providence CityArts for Youth; Newport Community School and South...
Reviving a near-extinct population
Every Monday, the Nature Conservancy visits Hemenway’s Restaurant in Providence to collect oyster shells left over from the plates of hungry diners.
Conservancy staffers...
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse urges Obama to tap oil supply to lower...
PROVIDENCE – U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has joined five of his Senate colleagues to ask President Barack Obama to open the country’s strategic oil...
Providence offers energy efficiency loans
PROVIDENCE – Homeowners in the capital city looking to undertake energy efficiency projects can now tap an interest-free loan announced by the city this...
