Boys & Girls Clubs get boost from Amgen gift
Amgen Inc. donated more than $300 worth of jump ropes, Hula-Hoops and swimsuits to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence and Camp Davis,...
AAA: R.I. gas prices steady despite Ike
PROVIDENCE – “The impact of Hurricane Ike on gasoline prices is not being immediately felt in Rhode Island,” Lloyd P. Albert, senior vice president...
Foster/Glocester to get $1M for energy lab
GLOCESTER – The Ponaganset Alternative Energy Lab and Biomass Facilities Project will receive nearly $1 million in federal aid, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed said...
Quonset road named after vineyard
NORTH KINGSTOWN – The road built to connect development at Quonset Business Park to Route 403 has been officially named Romano Vineyard Way, after...
DEM preserves 69 acres near Big River
WEST GREENWICH – Sixty-nine acres of forestland adjoining the Big River Wildlife Management Area have gained permanent protection with the purchase of a conservation...
RIPTA adds hearings in Westerly, Elmwood
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority today added sites in Westerly and the Elmwood section of Providence to the list of sites...
Energy prices expected to rise again in ’09
WASHINGTON – The price of crude oil is expected to rise 9.2 percent next year to a 2009 average of $126 per barrel, according...
AAA: R.I. gas prices resume their decline
PROVIDENCE – “After rising slightly a week ago, gasoline prices in Rhode Island have returned to the downward path, Lloyd P. Albert, senior vice...
New boats ready to make a splash<br> at Sept. 11-14 Newport...
Even more boat lovers than usual will flock to Newport this week for the 38th Annual Newport International Boat Show, where more than 50...
URI honors program to explore global change
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island’s 2008 Honors Colloquium, “People and Planet – Global Environmental Change,” will explore human-caused global change, its...
