Good investments are important for R.I.
Just as the state should be careful how it cuts spending (see this week’s lead editorial, on RIte Care), it must also take great...
EPA issues N.E. Community Energy Challenge
BOSTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is challenging communities across New England to examine their energy use, improve energy efficiency, adopt renewable-energy options...
AAA: R.I. gas prices rise 7¢ to $2.569
PROVIDENCE – Gasoline prices in Rhode Island have risen 7 cents, in their fourth straight week of increases, to their highest level since September,...
Success is as success does, in football or in business
Don Shula says it wasn’t his idea to get into the restaurant business, but it’s been a successful endeavor: His company’s revenue is reported...
APC joins 10 IT leaders in global ‘Green Grid’
American Power Conversion and 10 other major information technology companies – including fierce competitors – have joined forces to form the Green Grid, a...
Blighted waterfront land to become marina village
O’Neill Properties Group, the owner of Portsmouth’s Carnegie Abbey Club, has bought 44.5 acres of “environmentally scarred” property along the town’s waterfront and plans...
URI connects students with scientists at sea
SMITHFIELD – The University of Rhode Island’s Office of Marine Programs has entered a partnership with the Smithfield schools to enable students to interact,...
RIC group to live in ‘experimental city’
PROVIDENCE – A new program at Rhode Island College enables students to earn college credits while living and working in an “experimental city” in...
ACLU intercedes in Champlin’s case
PROVIDENCE – The American Civil Liberties Union jumped into the Champlin’s lawsuit against the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council this week, filing an “amicus...
Bush, Lula sign ethanol pact for energy security
SAO PAOLO, Brazil – President George W. Bush and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva today agreed to share technology to develop...
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