Study: Service sector is 82% of R.I. economy
WASHINGTON – In a new study, the Coalition of Service Industries analyzes the benefits provided by the services sector to each U.S. state.
It...
Local Hooters closes after liquidation ordered
WARWICK – The Hooters restaurant on Airport Road closed its doors this weekend, perhaps for good.
The restaurant is one of 12 Hooters in New...
A little bragging never hurt anyone
Kudos to the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau for its recently completed course “Positively Providence.”
The session helped teach 55 people whose jobs require...
CVS trust gives zoo $500,000<br> for accessible tree house
The Roger Williams Park Zoo has received a $500,000 donation from the CVS Caremark Charitable Trust to build a universally accessible tree house for...
Workshop looks at city’s lesser-known attractions
Barbara Barnes started the workshop with a “Peanuts” comic. Linus is telling Charlie Brown about a trip he went on. All the hotels and...
South County eateries upbeat about summer
Restaurateurs in South County report business is good so far this summer, appearing to fly in the face of media reports of a growing...
RILOT picks GTECH for instant-ticket printing
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Lottery has signed GTECH Corp. subsidiary Creative Games International to supply 20 percent of its instant-ticket printing services.
The contract...
Troopers to help patrol Providence this summer
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. State Police will help patrol city streets this summer, as they have since 2005, Gov. Donald L. Carcieri said in...
2 generations of Collette presidents<br> to be honored by Tourism Cares
PAWTUCKET – Collette Vacations President and CEO Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. and his father, the late Dan Sullivan Sr., have been inducted into the...
More than 50 acts slated for Sound Session ’07
PROVIDENCE – Donald W. “Don” King, executive artistic director of the Providence Black Repertory Company, was joined today by Mayor David N. Cicilline in...
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