Block Island airport gets nearly $1 million boost
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Jack Reed last week announced the award of $927,542 in federal grant money for Block Island State Airport to expand...
Island trust looks to preserve farms
The line of five wooden Holstein cows facing north and five wooden Belted Galloway beef cattle facing south on North Main Street in Jamestown...
EPA orders 6 R.I. communities <br> to stem sewage overflows
BOSTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered six more Rhode Island cities and towns to take steps to stem the overflow of...
Wineries make themselves destinations
When Greenvale Vineyards in Portsmouth started producing wine under its own label in the 1990s, owner Nancy Parker Wilson made an unsettling discovery.
It wasn’t...
Local chefs find sustainability is challenging
The chef laughed as he read the label. “Organic Salad Greens,” it read. The container was made of plastic.
Chefs and restaurateurs in Rhode Island...
Mass. casinos could generate large tax revenue
DARTMOUTH – If commercial resort casinos were built at Suffolk Downs and in southeastern and western Massachusetts, they would generate as much as $500...
R.I. gas prices drop again
PROVIDENCE – The retail price of gasoline in Rhode Island declined for the third consecutive week, according to AAA Southern New England.
In its...
Oil falls on worry of slowing U.S. economy
NEW YORK - U.S. stock prices are not the only thing dropping these days. Crude oil prices fell the most in almost two months...
Senators seek water bill upgrade
Rhode Island’s U.S. senators are co-sponsoring a bill that would strengthen the Clean Water Act following a controversial weakening of the landmark environmental law...
Northeast energy prices fall for first time in a week
NEW YORK - Wholesale electricity prices in the U.S. Northeast declined for the first day this week as milder weather was forecast to reduce...
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