Friendly’s 1Q loss widens to $6.0M
WILBRAHAM, Mass. – Friendly Ice Cream Corp. (Amex: FRN) today said its first-quarter widened to $6.0 million or 73 cents per share, from a...
URI to receive $1.52M in Sea Grant funding
WASHINGTON – The University of Rhode Island will receive $1.52 million from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Sea Grant college program to continue...
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...
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...
Pawtucket Hampton Inn plans nearing fruition
A long-delayed plan to build a Hampton Inn on Pawtucket’s waterfront is finally moving forward, with construction expected to begin this summer, after all...
Miriam team finds plenty to teach, learn in Israel
During a recent trip to the Ha’ Emek Medical Center in Israel, Dr. Gary Bubly and other staff members from The Miriam Hospital saw...
Cape Air to resume service from T.F. Green
HYANNIS, Mass. and WARWICK – Cape Air is set to resume its seasonal service from T.F. Green Airport to the islands of Nantucket and...
Former Christie’s space is remade<br> as name resurfaces elsewhere
Christie’s, the waterfront institution that stopped doing business on Thames Street in Newport last year, is set to reopen as an exclusive yacht facility,...
‘PB Xpress’ drive collects 12 tons for the food bank
The Washington Trust Co.’s seventh annual “PB Xpress” peanut butter drive brought in a record 23,473 pounds of peanut butter – nearly 12 tons...
