Dave’s donates $50K to R.I. Community Food Bank in celebration of...
EAST GREENWICH – Dave’s Fresh Marketplace is celebrating its 50th anniversary with the donation of $50,000 to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank.
The locally...
Cities and towns challenge continuing-contracts law
PROVIDENCE – Sixteen municipalities on Nov. 12 filed a lawsuit challenging a new state law they say creates lifetime contracts.
The lawsuit seeks injunctive relief...
North Providence safety complex to handle fire dispatch calls for Pawtucket
NORTH PROVIDENCE – In addition to handling fire dispatch calls for the town, Mayor Charles A. Lombardi said the town’s new public safety complex...
R.I. mortgage delinquency ticks up Y/Y in Aug.
PROVIDENCE – The share of Rhode Island mortgages delinquent 30 days or more in August was 4.5%, an increase of 0.1 percentage points year...
Morisseau must repay $9.4K in restitution after pleading to embezzlement
PROVIDENCE – Former North Providence School Department Superintendent Bridget Morisseau was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay $9,434 in restitution...
Davol Square site fails metals contamination test
PROVIDENCE – Recent soil and groundwater testing at a half-acre asphalted site in Davol Square has uncovered concentration levels of metals and polycyclic aromatic...
Hasbro offers $875M in stock to bolster eOne acquisition cash
PAWTUCKET – Hasbro Inc. has commenced an underwritten registered public offering of $875 million of common stock and intends to give an option to...
R.I. home price index grows 4.5% Y/Y in Sept.
PROVIDENCE – The home price index in Rhode Island increased 4.5% year over year in September, 1 percentage point higher than the national average...
State to fund independent study of IGT/Twin River lottery contract proposals
PROVIDENCE – A request by House Republicans for an independent study on competing contract proposals for the R.I. Lottery by International Game Technology PLC...
Pawtucket man sentenced to 2.5 years in jail for role in...
PROVIDENCE – Shawn Whitfield, of Pawtucket, has been sentenced to 2½ years in prison for his role in a Jamaica-based telemarketing scam that was...
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