Local investors take $10.8M plunge
Despite the continuing contraction of manufacturing activity in Rhode Island, the market for industrial space continues to be active, at least based on a...
Item finds new home with room to grow
It took two years to find a new permanent home for Item Group, but only two days to make an offer on the 80,000-square-foot...
Event highlights benefits <br>of ‘green’ tourism efforts
The Blackstone Valley Tourism Council’s strategy in northern Rhode Island has become an international model for sustainable tourism, a new movement in the industry...
Aquaculture is growing fast in R.I.
The first oyster farm in Rhode Island was started in 1798, but until now aquaculture has been practiced here on a small scale. But...
Children’s Crusade aims older for more impact
Since 1989, the Rhode Island Children’s Crusade for Higher Education has recruited third-graders in Providence, Pawtucket, Central Falls, Newport and Woonsocket, offering them special...
Big turnover in Newport hospitality
Visitors to Newport this summer will find a host of new events, hotel accommodations, restaurants and shops, following an unusually dynamic off-season for the...
For minorities, unequal returns
Ada Terrero attributes the success of Ada’s Creations – her bakery, café and restaurant on Broad Street in Providence – to honesty,...
Top business plans focus on safety, health
The developer of software that transforms cell phones into automated security devices and a student team that uses peer pressure to help lower employers’...
‘Nanotextured’ materials eyed for better implants
The tiny springy cylinders that hold open once-clogged blood arteries may soon be getting safer and more effective.
Researchers at Brown University and Purdue University...
R.I. house prices drop in 1Q<br> but brokers’ sales grow
Two reports issued last week on first-quarter Rhode Island residential real estate sales painted contrasting pictures of the market, suggesting that while Realtors may...
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