Shipyards celebrate $1.4M in federal funding
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Representatives from both J. Goodison Co. and Senesco Marine LLC shipyards joined state and local officials Friday to celebrate $1.4 million...
PBN honors top Business Women for 2023
PROVIDENCE – Paula Iacono at first didn’t set out to be a fundraiser. But, she said, “it happened.”
Iacono, the executive director of the Chartercare...
Prichett continuing his father’s illuminating work at Lumetta
(Editor’s note: This is the ninth installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
Westerly center is designed to build on a military background
Though decades ago, T.J. Smith still remembers the camaraderie and sense of purpose he felt during his time as a member of the Rhode...
Pickell named 2023 R.I. Small Business Person of the Year
CRAIG PICKELL, CEO and president of Lincoln-based abrasive manufacturer and supplier Bullard Abrasives Inc., was named the 2023 Rhode Island Small Business Person of...
Neronha sues manufacturers of ‘forever chemicals’
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced Thursday that he has filed a lawsuit against the manufacturers of “forever chemicals,” most commonly...
Gelfuso steps down as Chafee Center director
SMITHFIELD – For the third time in the last four years, the John H. Chafee Center for International Business at Bryant University is seeking...
U.S. economic growth last quarter revised up to still-tepid 1.3% annual...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. economy grew at a lackluster 1.3% annual rate from January through March as businesses wary of an economic slowdown...
Electric Boat awarded $1B contract modification from Navy
PROVIDENCE – General Dynamics Electric Boat, which has a manufacturing facility in North Kingstown at Quonset Point, has been awarded a $1.076 billion contract...
Environment Rhode Island, Kenyon Industries reach settlement on pollution lawsuit
RICHMOND – Following allegations that it violated the Clean Water Act almost 1,800 times over five years, Kenyon Industries and its parent company have...
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