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Slater investing $500,000 in robotics startup

PROVIDENCE – The Slater Technology Fund today announced it has committed $500,000 to Innovention Technologies LLC, a medical robotics startup founded in western...

Randall Realtors named an up-and-coming firm

WESTERLY – For the third consecutive year, Randall Realtors GMAC has been listed in RIS Media’s Real Estate Magazine and Real Trends as one...
GASOLINE PRICES in Rhode Island remain below those in much of the nation, AAA said. Above, Leticia Cardona pumps gas into her van at a station in Chicago. /

AAA: R.I. gas prices fall 6¢ to $3.009/gallon

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island gasoline prices have fallen for the second consecutive week after 15 weeks of increases, according to AAA Southern New England....

Mashpee Tribe still considering New Bedford<br> as casino site, despite Middleboro land...

MIDDLEBORO, Mass. – Trading Cove at Mashpee, the equity partnership teaming up with the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe to develop and operate a casino in...
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Small business ‘matchmaker’ summit<br> on federal contracting runs through Wednesday

WARWICK – More than 500 small businesses from across the Northeast and 80 federal agencies and prime contractors are expected to attend the Small...
CHARLIE GOSS works in the Artiste Historic Windows shop, making wooden windows such as the ones overhead, about  1,500 of which will be needed just for the Hope Webbing mill. 'We're making windows that look historically accurate, using modern techniques,' says shop manager Dennis Lussier. /

Making ‘historic’ mill windows<br> on an industrial scale

What do you do when you’re rehabbing a late-1800s/early 1900s mill and need to replace about 1,500 windows – yet keep them authentic, to...

Commission to look at revamping R.I. liquor laws

A special legislative commission has been set up to review all of Rhode Island’s liquor laws and regulations, looking, among other things, at the...
BAYKEEPER John Torgan shows a tour group the coastal buffer zone at the Save the Bay Center in Providence, which also uses a green roof and other runoff-reducing low-impact design (LID) features. /

CRMC, General Assembly agree:<br> Less runoff is good runoff

While the Smart Development for a Cleaner Bay Act of 2007 percolates through the legislative process, the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council has...

Credit unions find niche in small business loans

Measured by dollars loaned, Coastway Credit Union was the No. 1 U.S. Small Business Administration lender in Rhode Island last year, and the No....
STORYCORPS started in October 2003, with a booth in the Grand Central Terminal in New York City and has gone on to gather oral histories in 39 states. Now, through June 30, it is taping in Providence. /

Capturing American life in intimate conversations

The interviews are deeply personal, intimate conversations – between friends, siblings, life partners, a child and a parent – about experiences that...
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