R.I.: Pay sales taxes or close
For the last two years, Carol DeFeciani has scrambled to keep the doors open at Liberty Elm Diner in the Elmwood section of Providence.
It’s...
Tall ship group seeks state help
Bartlett Dunbar has big plans for the steel hull that sits in the shipyard at Promet Marine Service Corp. in Providence, and he’s looking...
Food and beverage tax collections up, hotels down
PROVIDENCE – The local hotel tax collections in April totaled $149,121, down 7.9 percent from the $161,859 collected in April 2010.
Meanwhile, the local meal...
Newport Folk Festival sold out
NEWPORT – The Newport Folk Festival, scheduled for July 30-31, said it has sold out of tickets in advance for the first time in...
Blackstone heritage corridor could become new national historical park
WASHINGTON – Parts of the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor are so significant and unique to the nation’s history that...
R.I. fishing for a local seafood connection
Does it seem odd that the Ocean State does not have a seafood market where Rhode Island consumers can buy locally caught fish and...
Viking grew with tourism industry
Newport was a different place when George Oakley decided to offer his first bus tours down Bellevue Avenue in the early 1960s.
Back then, the...
Sailing center gives crucial boost to Newport tourism
Brad Read, a native of Seekonk who’s been a sailor since he was a kid, heads Sail Newport Inc., a nonprofit center based at...
Netting a more local seafood flavor?
Despite living in a state that lands seafood worth more than $900 million per year, Rhode Island consumers don’t see a lot of the...
Block Island building sells for $1.6M
NEW SHOREHAM – A prominent commercial building in Block Island’s commercial area has sold for $1.6 million.
Last month Gustave White Sotheby’s International Realty announced...
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