Land trust obtains easement for Rovensky Park
NEWPORT – The Aquidneck Land Trust received last week a conservation easement on Rovensky Park.
The easement will ensure that the park will stay undeveloped,...
Boston area’s CPI-U grew 0.7% in January from November
BOSTON – The Boston-Brockton-Nashua area’s Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers increased 0.7 percent in January from November, according to non-seasonally adjusted data...
Cape Wind opponents file new appeal on change of staging work...
QUINCY, Mass. – The opponents to Cape Wind, a 130-wind-turbine project slated for the Nantucket Sound, have filed a new appeal, The Patriot Ledger...
Gasoline prices rise by 1 penny in Rhode Island, unchanged in...
PROVIDENCE – Gasoline prices in Rhode Island rose for the second consecutive week, AAA Southern New England reported Monday.
The auto club’s Feb. 14 survey...
Oysters vanishing on overharvesting, disease
Oysters, the seafood delicacy served raw or fried, are disappearing from coastlines around the world because of overharvesting and disease, researchers said.
An estimated 85...
Acushnet Co. operating income soars 255% in ’10
FAIRHAVEN – Acushnet Co. golf company, maker of Titleist, saw operating income soar 255 percent in 2010, to $88.7 million, from $25 million a...
Newport Shipyard to be home base for operations of J-Class Regatta
Without the Dana family, there probably would be no Newport Shipyard today.
In 1998, the shipyard was bankrupt and on the auction block when...
Winter’s fallout: Strained budgets for government and business
PROVIDENCE – As the seemingly countless weeks of snowstorms have decided to give New England a break from the constant shoveling and plowing, a...
Wind turbines eyed for Fishman’s Memorial, East Matunuck beach
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will use $240,000 from a legal settlement to pay for wind turbines at Fishman’s Memorial State Campground in Narragansett and...
BoomerTennis.net announces board members
NEWPORT – BoomerTennis.net, a recently launched website for baby boomer tennis players, announced the members of its board on Jan. 18.
Robert and Lace Milligan,...
