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GE Aviation executive is joining Textron as COO

PROVIDENCE – Textron Inc., the world’s biggest maker of business jets, named Scott Donnelly, the head of General Electric Co.’s GE Aviation unit, as...
CAUGHT UP: Jon Knight, owner of Superior Trawl in Narragansett, designs innovative fishing gear such as the Eliminator Trawl, shown above. /

Caught up in new fishnet design

An Ocean State net designer has joined with Rhode Island Sea Grant scientists and three Rhode Island fishermen in developing a net that catches...
THE PORT OF DAVISVILLE currently receives foreign cars via cargo ship, but domestic vehicles are also carried in and out by train. /

Riding better rails to Quonset

The economy may be slowing, but Steven J. King predicts great things for the Quonset Business Park just the same. An example: King, the chief...
THE NEW BLOCK ISLAND AIRPORT TERMINAL, scheduled for completion next year, was designed with input from residents – a move aimed at reducing local opposition. /

RIAC wins over locals on island airport terminal

Introducing a new development to Block Island can be a tricky endeavor, especially if the island residents aren’t sure that it’s necessary, said Jessica...
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Editorial Cartoon: Infrastructure Downsizing

A man is depicted driving off a cliff, as he passes a sign which reads, “Infrastructure Downsizing Ahead.”

Lawmakers pressed to override veto of energy bill

Disappointed supporters of what some are calling a precedent-setting renewable energy bill vetoed by the governor last month (READ MORE) are pushing the General...
GRAPHIC DESIGNER John Caserta won a national award for creating interactive maps such as this one of the Normandy invasion in World War II. /

R.I. artist recognized for map of WWII invasion

A Providence artist designed and won a national award for an interactive map in the visitor center at the Normandy American Cemetery, in France,...

Google can work magic for business

Dear Dan: Are the business services and online applications offered by Google worth checking out? – Exploring Dear Exploring: Google Apps, as they are known,...

Liability evolving for user-generated content

One of the greatest advances in our use of Web-based technology in the last decade – commonly referred to as “Web 2.0”, and now...

Pires named first woman to head A.G.’s criminal division

PROVIDENCE – Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch announced last week that Assistant Attorney General Stacey Pires is the new chief of his office’s criminal...
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