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APC voted top data-center innovator for 2nd year

NORTH KINGSTOWN – APC has again won the Best Data Center Innovation award for its data-center solutions, the company announced today. “To capture this prestigious...

Price of gas in R.I. breaks $4,<br> diesel nears $5 in AAA...

PROVIDENCE – The price of gasoline has increased for the 10th consecutive week, AAA said in its weekly fuel-price report, making Rhode Island...
FISHING MAVEN DAVE HENAULT  says his newest Ocean State Tackle location, in Coventry, is the largest of the three and will cater to local anglers and those headed toward Charlestown and Westerly. /

The cutting edge of fishing gear

Ocean State Tackle owner Dave Henault is a hands-on manager, the kind who doesn’t think twice about telling a reporter to hold on the...

Managing waters off of Mass. coast

Massachusetts political leaders have approved the creation of a comprehensive management plan to govern sea waters near the coast, the first of its kind...

Program turns Bay into classroom

Students from the Beacon Charter High School in Woonsocket, who huddled at the shoreline outside Save The Bay’s headquarters at Fields Point to collect...

Interest growing in energy from renewable sources

Rising energy prices and their effects on the economy have boosted interest in a local program that allows consumers to purchase electricity produced from...

ALGAL BLOOMS in 2005 led to the closing of some shellfishing areas in Bourne and other parts of Massachusetts. /

NOAA site informs businesses about shellfish

Scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Cape Cod predict that harmful algal blooms this year in the waters off Massachusetts and Maine could...

Mass. ocean law is a first step that matters

Gov. Deval L. Patrick has signed the Mass. Ocean Act, a comprehensive management plan to govern ocean waters within 3miles of the state’s coast....
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Editorial Cartoon: Summer Vacation

A man rides down the street on a scooter piled high with his luggage and family members. As he passes a sign with six-digit...
THE VECTRIX MAXI is a highway-legal two-seat scooter with a top-speed of 62 mph. The all-electric vehicle can go as far as 60 miles on a charge. Four city police officers will be testing the emissions-free vehicles. /

Providence Police launch trial of Vectrix scooters

PROVIDENCE – The Providence Police Department this morning launched a three-month trial of the all-electric Vectrix Maxi scooter, kicking off the pilot with...
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