Children’s Museum nets $43K at golf tournament
More than 100 players participated in the 25th annual Allen H. Chatterton Jr. Memorial Golf Tournament to benefit Providence Children’s Museum. The tournament, held...
AAA: R.I. gas prices fall 10¢ to $3.589
PROVIDENCE – “Labor Day travelers will see a continued reduction in gas prices locally, as another 10-cent drop in Rhode Island leaves prices...
Hotels see gain in ‘green’ designs
On the surface, the new NYLO Providence/Warwick hotel on Knight Street in Warwick looks like a standard hotel, albeit one with an avant-garde décor...
EPA tightens limits on discharge into Blackstone
BOSTON – The New England office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued new regulations for the discharge of phosphorus and nitrogen...
NAHB: More than 1,000 green-certified members
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Association of Home Builders last week announced that the number of members who have earned a Certified Green Professional...
Whitehouse, experts warn of local climate change
NARRAGANSETT – U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and a panel of top scientists warned today that climate change will have a dramatic impact on Rhode...
NSTAR to slash big firms’ electricity rates
BOSTON – Large Massachusetts businesses that buy their electricity from NSTAR will get some relief from high energy costs in the fourth quarter, when...
Virtuous life (science) cycle
U.S. Sen. Jack Reed talks about renewable energy during an event last week marking the awarding of $1.5 million to the University of Rhode...
Farmers profit from move to locally grown produce
A growing appetite for locally grown food and a thriving network of farmers’ markets and farm stands are helping the state’s farmers weather a...
Branch Village planning inclusive
With its own exit off Route 146, North Smithfield’s Branch Village is an ill-defined assortment of homes, small businesses, strip malls, light industry and...
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