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Citizens to launch Energy$ense

PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. is launching a community program, Energy$ense, that will distribute more than $500,000 in energy-assistance grants to homeless shelters...

R.I. would gain 13,000 jobs, <br> Mass. 83,300 under Obama plan

WASHINGTON – Rhode Island could expect to create or retain 13,000 jobs under President Barack Obama’s financial stimulus plan, while Massachusetts could gain...

Arpin extends sponsorship of LPGA

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., and WEST WARWICK – Arpin Van Lines Inc. will continue to serve as the official mover of the Ladies Professional Golf...

Stimulus plan may help N.E. fishermen

WASHINGTON and NORTH PROVIDENCE – Among the items before the U.S. Senate this week, as it weighs its own version of the economic...

AAA: Local gas prices again edge higher

PROVIDENCE – “The average price of gasoline in Rhode Island has reached the $1.90 mark, after rising for the fifth consecutive week,” Lloyd P....
SALVAGE JOB: Fisherman Wayne Frye Jr. tries to salvage what he can from his derelict boat in New Bedford. /

Derelict fishing boats <br>not welcome in New Bedford

Fishing boats are ubiquitous along New Bedford’s waterfront, which is not a good thing for fishermen – or the city, for that matter. On any...

Acushnet Co. posts ‘2nd-best sales year’

FAIRHAVEN – The Acushnet Co., the golf-products division of Deerfield, Ill.-based consumer products company Fortune Brands Inc. (NYSE: FO), “delivered its second-best sales...

STAC awards $1.5M in research grants

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Science and Technology Advisory Council (STAC) today announced that it has awarded $1.5 million in grants to seven collaborative research...
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Solar-car contest workshop set for Feb. 5

PROVIDENCE – The Apeiron Institute for Sustainable Living will host a free workshop next month to provide information on helping middle school students design...
FORESIGHT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY of Providence  will help to commercialize alternative-energy technologies that were developed with backing from the U.S. Department of Energy. /

U.S. taps Foresight to push energy tech

PROVIDENCE – Foresight Science & Technology Inc., a firm that specializes in technology commercialization, has won a multi-year contract from the U.S. Department of...
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