R.I., Deepwater sign wind-farm agreement
PROVIDENCE – After three months of negotiations, the state has completed and signed a joint development agreement with Deepwater Wind to build an offshore...
Historic Tennis HoF building to be rehabbed
NEWPORT – After 25 years of vacancy, the 129-year-old, 300-seat Stanford White Casino Theatre at the International Tennis Hall of Fame is set to...
NK builder certified ‘green verifier’
NORTH KINGSTOWN – David Caldwell Jr., vice president of Caldwell & Johnson Inc., has become one of the National Association of Home Builders’ “green...
State moving to sell Shooters property
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Transportation (DOT) yesterday started the process to sell by the end of 2009 the former Shooters nightclub parcel...
Monster Cable settles with mini-golf company
BRISBANE, Calif., and PROVIDENCE – Monster Entertainment LLC, parent of the Monster Mini-Golf franchise operation, has announced a settlement of its nearly two-year trademark...
Five Questions With: Jeff Seemann
On Jan. 26, the University of Rhode Island will open its new $58-million Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences. Although a budget shortfall will...
R.I. agrees to develop low-carbon fuel rules
BOSTON – Rhode Island and 10 other Northeast states have agreed to develop a regional low-carbon fuel standard to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from...
Carnegie Abbey a towering presence in Portsmouth
Headed south in the main shipping channel in Narragansett Bay, when your boat rounds the southwestern tip of Bristol, it’s difficult to miss the...
Price of emission permits up in latest RGGI auction
The Northeast states’ second auction of carbon-emission permits last month showed the unpredictability of the fledging market, with allowances fetching a higher price than...
Search for renewable energy <br>intensified in 2008
Energy prices, particularly for oil and gasoline, were a constant source of heartburn for businesses and consumers in the first half of the year,...
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