Caught up in new fishnet design
An Ocean State net designer has joined with Rhode Island Sea Grant scientists and three Rhode Island fishermen in developing a net that catches...
Shawmut breaks ground at RWU<br> for new media and language center
BRISTOL – Shawmut Design and Construction last week broke ground on a 52,000-square-foot building at the heart of Roger Williams University’s main campus.
The...
DeHart among first local ‘EcoBrokers’
Danielle DeHart – a licensed Realtor with Residential Properties Ltd., who also has half a decade’s experience in property management – recently earned the...
Carcieri vetoes ‘sunshine’ bill, 21 others
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Donald L. Carcieri today announced vetoes of 22 measures, including legislation intended to speed access to arrest reports and other public...
R.I. Renewable Energy Fund allots<br> money to draft offshore zoning plan
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Renewable Energy Fund’s board of trustees have approved funding to develop a Special Area Management Plan for the state’s offshore...
Patrick signs landmark energy bill
BOSTON – Gov. Deval L. Patrick today signed into law a comprehensive renewable energy measure called the Green Communities Act.
“Today, Massachusetts has taken a...
ADP: U.S. payrolls shrink by 79,000 in June
ROSELAND, N.J. – U.S. companies cut an estimated 79,000 jobs in June, the largest decline since November 2002, erasing the revised May gain of...
NSTAR pledges $1 for each switch to e-billing
BOSTON – For every customer who switches to paper-free billing through July 31, NSTAR Inc. (NYSE: NST) has pledged to make a $1 donation...
APC TradeOff Tools ease data-center design
WEST KINGSTON – APC this week announced a new line of Web-based applications, called TradeOff Tools, intended to simplify data-center concept development...
AAA: Price of gas holds steady in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – “As Rhode Island drivers prepare to head out for their Fourth of July vacations, they are finding gasoline prices high but relatively...