Study: Farmers’ markets may improve eating habits
KINGSTON – Farmers’ markets may help to encourage health eating habits, according to a study released yesterday by the Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program...
AAA: R.I. gas prices rise 7¢ to $3.059
PROVIDENCE – After rising for 14 consecutive weeks, gasoline prices in Rhode Island now top $3 per gallon, according to AAA Southern New England....
R.I. gets $1.6M to help clean brownfields
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week awarded 10 grants totaling $1.6 million to Rhode Island communities to help them assess, clean up and...
Businesses seeing value of efficiency
Until recently, energy efficiency was seen by many industry leaders as an expensive proposition that may benefit the environment but might not benefit the...
Coalition urges Assembly<br> to approve water reforms
One in a series of stories about Rhode Island’s potential water crisis.
Rhode Island may not have a water shortage yet, but that doesn’t make...
National Grid negotiates pacts with two unions
WESTBOROUGH, Mass. – National Grid has announced a tentative four-year contract with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, which represents 576 of the company’s...
RIAC to get $10M to buy houses near T.F. Green
WASHINGTON – The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded $10 million to the R.I. Airport Corporation to acquire homes near T.F. Green Airport that...
Why the long face?
PROVIDENCE – Roger Williams Park Zoo is asking the public to help name one of its newest arrivals: A baby giraffe born earlier this...
’Tis the season for markets
The Providence Open Market, at Westminster and Union streets, made its first appearance May 12.
The outdoor event features local vendors selling furniture,...
Cicilline hits the road for Bike to Work Day
PROVIDENCE – Mayor David N. Cicilline joined hundreds of other Rhode Island commuters today for Bike to Work Day 2007.
Cicilline left his East Side...
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