New Bedford port is getting second wind; emerges as serious competitor
New Bedford has long touted its port as the largest in the U.S. fishing industry, but now local and Massachusetts officials say the city’s...
Five Questions With: David Caldwell
Homebuilder Dave Caldwell, vice president of Caldwell & Johnson, believes in building energy efficient homes. His recent projects in North Kingstown attracted the attention...
Offshore wind industry to spread throughout region, industry leaders say
PROVIDENCE – No single state will capture the entire industry emerging to support offshore wind farms, industry leaders said at a conference Monday.
The leaders...
R.I. gas prices jump 5 cents, just under $3 mark
PROVIDENCE – Gasoline prices in Rhode Island jumped 5 cents from last week, AAA Southern New England reported Monday.
The auto club’s Nov. 15 survey...
Rhode Island “gets it” on energy efficiency
To the Editor:
Congratulations to Rhode Island for climbing to No. 7 in the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s national scorecard. As your Oct....
Controversy over the master plan for Narragansett’s Canonchet Farms
For years, the 160-acre Canonchet Farms in Narragansett went largely unnoticed and unused, trees and other vegetation filling the once-plowed spaces between ancient stone...
Hali Beckman, a local landscape designer that works beneath surface
Most people could be expected to judge the quality of a landscape-architecture firm’s work by the visual impression they get when looking at it....
Voters said ‘yes’ to purchase 83-acre Rocky Point, but it’s far...
The $10 million approved by voters this month to purchase the former Rocky Point Amusement Park by no means seals the deal.
The bond –...
URI profile in ocean planning grows, catches federal government’s eye
University of Rhode Island scientists spent more than two years developing scientific standards to measure the effects of a wind farm off the state’s...
Five Questions With: Frank Sparicio
Election Day was a good day for the Head of the Bay Gateway organization. For more than a year, the organization has urged the...
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