National Grid electric rates to fall 14.6%
WARWICK – The typical local electric customer will save $13.64 per month, starting Jan. 1, under a National Grid rate reduction approved last night...
APC thins staff but powers densest data center
WEST KINGSTON – There is good news and bad news at APC by Schneider Electric, the South Kingstown-based backup-power supplier formerly known as American...
R.I. gas prices end their 13-week decline
PROVIDENCE – “Gasoline prices in Rhode Island are unchanged as travelers head out for their holiday trips,” ending their 13-week decline, AAA Southern New...
R.I. gets $975,000 for local food and shelter aid
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will receive more than $975,000 under the U.S. Emergency Food and Shelter (EFS) Program to assist local food banks, shelters,...
Electronics recycling law kicks in Feb. 1
This year marks the last Christmas when consumers who find a new big-screen television under the tree can throw their old set away with...
Eateries are eager to ring in the New Year
The term “Big Three” has been in the news constantly this month. But the restaurant industry has a Big Three of its own: New...
State right to add recycling regime
In the excitement of new presents, the gifts of Christmas past are often discarded. And that can be bad for the environment, especially because...
RIIL eases restrictions on media at sports events
The Rhode Island Interscholastic League (RIIL) has revised its policy to remove a provision intended to prevent media outlets from posting extra photos of...
Retired DEM official lauded for organizing enforcement
After more than 30 years at the R.I. Department of Environmental Management, Dean Albro retired in September as the chief of the Office of...
High court: Lawmakers can’t serve on CRMC
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Supreme Court, in one of its final landmark rulings under departing Chief Justice Frank J. Williams, left, has rejected House...
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