Fall River bridge to dwarf predecessor
Routine traffic delays on the Brightman Street Bridge from Somerset to Fall River will be but a memory after the $200 million replacement span...
Editorial Cartoon: RIPTA Rescue
In an aerial view, four roads all marked “one way” join at an intersection, with four RIPTA buses converging in the center. One of...
Forbes: Providence is 9th most-stressful city
NEW YORK – Providence is No. 9 on Forbes magazine’s 2008 list of most-stressful U.S. metropolitan areas, a ranking that appears in this week’s...
Mass. to get $11.5M more in LIHEAP aid
BOSTON – Massachusetts will receive a supplemental grant of $11.5 million to help residents heat their homes this winter, according to Gov. Deval L....
DEM streamlines permitting process
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced last week that it has assigned a Project Review Team to each of the...
T.F. Green traffic again lags year-ago levels
WARWICK – Passenger traffic at T.F. Green Airport (PVD) last month continued to lag year-ago levels, although it rose compared with July, based on...
R.I. to get another $1.9M in heating aid
WASHINGTON – A supplemental grant of $1.925 million, announced today, will bring Rhode Island’s total aid under the federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program...
Leaving office behind makes it better
As bureaucracy and distractions threaten to calcify so many aspects of American life, including the best-intentioned businesses, taking time away from the office becomes...
Consumer prices dip as energy costs fall
WASHINGTON – Consumer prices dipped last month for the first time since October 2006, as fuel prices retreated from July’s record highs, the U.S....
Study: Car exhaust may worsen heart disease
Car exhaust and sooty particles may worsen heart disease by inflaming the cardiac muscle and reducing blood flow, according to new findings of air...
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