U.S. to buy 20 hybrid buses for RIPTA
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) will receive $24.2 million in federal stimulus money to buy hybrid buses and convert trolleys...
Oil down as high-price anniversary nears
NEW YORK – After months of increases, the price of crude oil has fallen sharply on world markets this week, trading below $60 a...
Five Questions With: Pamela Sherrill
Pare Corp., an engineering and design firm, this month signed a memorandum of understanding with the wind energy branch of the engineering firm EAPC....
Cold, rain cut N.E. electricity demand
HOLYOKE, Mass. – Here’s an upside to the relentless wet weather and chilly temperatures: it’s keeping electricity bills lower than usual.
New England residents...
Food stamp use in R.I. tops 100,000
PROVIDENCE – The number of Rhode Islanders receiving food stamps was up 19.3 percent in April compared with a year earlier, topping 100,000 for...
U.S. awards $1M to RWU center
BRISTOL – Roger Williams University will receive a $1 million grant from the federal government to expand its Center for Environmental and Economic Development,...
AAA: R.I. gas prices fall for second week
PROVIDENCE – Gasoline prices have fallen for the second week in a row as the cost of a gallon of self-serve, unleaded regular declined...
R.I.’s wind project is sailing to success
Despite all the grim news relating to the national and regional economy these days, there seems to be one project that keeps meeting its...
Sale of bonds to finance infrastructure upgrades
PROVIDENCE – Rhode General Treasurer Frank T. Caprio announced last week that the state successfully sold $54,610,000 in bonds to benefit infrastructure, information technology...
Fresh produce a draw at Casey Farm
An oceanfront farm in the village of Saunderstown that may have been in operation since the 1660s continues to provide fresh produce to consumers...
