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NATIONWIDE, the average self-serve price of unleaded regular gasoline rose 2 cents over the past week to $4.10, while the Rhode Island price edged up 1 cent to $4.109 per gallon. Above, a Citgo station in Chicago displays prices of $4.599 and higher. /

AAA: R.I. gas prices resume their rise

PROVIDENCE – “For the first time in three weeks, gasoline prices in Rhode Island have risen,” according to AAA Southern New England. AAA’s July 7...

Lawmakers pressed to override veto of energy bill

Disappointed supporters of what some are calling a precedent-setting renewable energy bill vetoed by the governor last month (READ MORE) are pushing the General...
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...

High oil prices ensure there won’t be shortages

U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters’ threat to nationalize the oil companies, whose executives didn’t grovel before her sufficiently, would be downright funny if it were...

T.F. Green prepares for turbulence

American Airlines’ announcement late last month that it is pulling its regional affiliate American Eagle out of T.F. Green Airport (PVD) in Warwick (READ...

Soaring gas prices prompt more<br> local AAA travel deals

Rhode Islanders, like residents in other states, may be less willing than in the past to take off for faraway vacations this summer due...

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...
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