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CAUGHT UP: Jon Knight, owner of Superior Trawl in Narragansett, designs innovative fishing gear such as the Eliminator Trawl, shown above. /

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...
IAN BOWLES, state secretary of energy and environmental affairs, joins Gov. Deval L. Patrick in fielding questions during the news conference today at the Museum of Science. /

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...
PAYROLLS at small businesses edged up in June, while the work force shrank at mid-sized and large employers nationwide. /

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...
FILL OUT THE FORM for the Data Center Capital Cost Calculator, for instance, and TradeOff Tools will not only calculate total costs but also provide pie charts showing how big a share of the expense comes from raised floors or a back-up power system. /

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...
MOTORISTS stop for gasoline in Los Angeles, at a 76 station at Pico Boulevard and Oakhurst Drive. Next door, concealed by the beige tower, is an oil-drilling operation. With crude oil soaring above $140 per barrel, the state is eyeing its old wells, including thousands in L.A. /

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...
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