Thursday, April 18, 2024

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HOME TO ROOST: Walter Cekala, president of Willow Tree Poultry Farm, in the company's Attleboro manufacturing plant. The business started as a poultry-raising farm and has been in the Cekala family since 1954. / PBN PHOTO/FRANK MULLIN

Building a brand on chicken salad

It started out as chicken scratch, literally. Now, more than 57 years later, Attleboro-based Willow Tree Poultry Farm has expanded its operation area, thus...
The hull of SSV Oliver Hazard Perry is towed to its new home at Senesco Marine in North Kingstown by Reagan Construction Corp. on Dec. 12. The nonprofit Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island will continue building the 196-foot, steel-hulled ship at Senesco. The major work to come includes fabrication of fuel tanks, installation of the lower deck and machinery, fabrication of new topsides, weather deck, bulwarks, transom and other work. The vessel is envisioned as a sailing classroom for students of all ages. / COURTESY OHPRI/MATT GINEO

Smooth sailing for SSV Perry

The hull of SSV Oliver Hazard Perry is towed to its new home at Senesco Marine in North Kingstown by Reagan Construction Corp. on...
FROM LEFT: Dale Klatzker, president and CEO of The Providence Center, presents a plaque to Chelo’s family members Gary Chelo, Benny Chelo and Craig Chelo in appreciation for the $11,078 donation Chelo’s 24th annual Golf Tournament raised for the nonprofit.

Chelo’s nets $11K for The Providence Center

Chelo’s Restaurant Group recently donated $11,078 in proceeds from the Chelo’s 24th annual Golf Classic to The Providence Center to support behavioral health services...

Court upholds city edict on hotel-worker retention

A federal appeals court upheld a Providence city ordinance that requires the new owners of hotels to retain current employees for at least three...
ACCORDING TO AAA, most holiday travelers this year plan to take to the roads, 91 percent, while 6 percent will fly, and 3 percent find other modes of travel: bus, trains, watercraft. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/DAVID PAUL MORRIS

Holiday travel to be 2nd highest in decade

WASHINGTON – If you’re planning on hitting the road over the Christmas-New Year’s holiday this year, you’ll be in good company – 91.9 million...

Historic diner to reopen on West Side

(Updated, 12:30 p.m.) PROVIDENCE – The former Poirier’s Diner building, which operated for 50 years under many names in the Eagle Square neighborhood of Olneyville,...

Polar Express reservations to begin in January

A holiday staple for 12 years, the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council’s Polar Express train trip has expanded, including adding a half-dozen new trips this...

Restaurants feed state’s economic engine

There is not the level of drama on Restaurant Row to capture media attention as there is coming out of Washington, D.C., the Statehouse...

Prospective Biltmore buyer backs out

PROVIDENCE – Sale of the bankrupt Biltmore Hotel, scheduled to take place Friday in Superior Court, has fallen through. Providence attorney Richard L. Gemma,...

Anti-casino citizens deny big-money backing

FOXBORO – Citizens mobilized against the Wynn Resorts-Patriot Place casino plan deny receiving any funding from Suffolk Downs, a potential competitor for the one...
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