Apple Pickers give $100k to tick-bite prevention effort
KINGSTON – The University of Rhode Island’s Center for Vector-Borne Disease has received a $100,000 donation from the Westerly-based Apple Pickers Foundation, to support...
For rural towns, planned protection
If you like bucolic scenes, a visit to Exeter yields the requisite stone walls, hard woods, split rail fences and characters not afraid to...
Downtown retail hits its stride
The downtown retail sector is gaining momentum. New stores are opening. Money is being spent on signage and preservation. For Parents Weekend at Brown...
Creating a new vision for rural R.I.
A Rhode Island town without a central village, coupled with a Connecticut town with too many village centers, will function as the fulcrum for...
Snags delay next steps with RGGI
Rhode Island will probably not participate in the first regional auction for greenhouse-gas pollution allowances, as Gov. Donald L. Carcieri’s administration and the General...
Can biofuels save the planet – and wean U.S. off oil?
If the 75 million acres of corn produced annually by the United States were used just to make ethanol – a biofuel created by...
Providence to host Ironman 70.3 qualifying
Though summer seems far away, Rhode Island has a new event to look forward to: a new athletic competition that includes a 1.2-mile swim,...
R.I. urged to embrace ‘place-making’ as its priority
When it comes to place-making, Bob Billington thinks the United States could learn a lot from the way European and Far Eastern countries create...
United-sponsored event touts benefits of walking
The UnitedHealthcare-sponsored “WeWhoWalk” tour recently made its 16th stop in Providence to raise awareness of the healthful benefits of regular walking.
The tour journeys...
R.I. to host Ironman 70.3 qualifying race
PROVIDENCE – Though summer seems far away, Rhode Island has a new event to look forward to: a new athletic competition that includes a...
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