South Coast Rail costs rise, completion pushed back
PROVIDENCE – The Mass. Department of Transportation announced the South Coast Rail Phase I project will cost $1.05 billion, a 12% increase over the...
New Bedford doctor facing child sex charges freed after bail reduced
ATTLEBORO – Accused of paying a 14-year-old Attleboro boy for sex, Sujan Kayastha, a former doctor at St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford, was...
Greater Boston real estate market helps WashTrust achieve 8% profit in...
WESTERLY – The Washington Trust Co. partly rode Greater Boston’s powerful real estate market to a 7.9% profit in the quarter ended March 31,...
Elorza expected to sign ordinance banning plastic bags
PROVIDENCE – The City Council has approved an ordinance banning the use of plastic bags citywide, WPRI-TV CBS 12 reported.
The revised ordinance follows a...
National Grid files to redact pricing info, proprietary market projections in...
PROVIDENCE – National Grid Rhode Island has filed a petition with the R.I. Public Utilities Commission to redact from public disclosure several responses related...
R.I. Hospital, Teamsters union agree to 5-year contract agreement
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital and Teamsters Local 251 have reached a five-year contract agreement that became effective April 1, the hospital announced.
According to...
R.I. sees decline in drug-overdose deaths for second straight year in...
PROVIDENCE – The state saw a decline in drug-overdose deaths for the second straight year in 2018, according to R.I. Department of Health data...
SouthCoast Chamber announces 2019 APEX Award winners
NEW BEDFORD – Poyant Signs, Buzzards Bay Brewery Inc., YWCA Southeastern Massachusetts and Alma del Mar Charter School have been recognized by the SouthCoast...
Majzun leaves Women & Infants Hospital
PROVIDENCE – The president and chief operating officer of Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island has resigned after serving in the role for...
Hope Point tower design gets a negative review by Providence design...
PROVIDENCE – The design of the proposed 46-story Hope Point tower failed to persuade the Downtown Design Review Committee that it will comply with...
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