Westport Planning Board approves solar farm despite neighbor concerns
WESTPORT – The Planning Board has approved CVE Solar’s request to develop a 3.1-megawatt solar farm on Drift Road, The Herald News reported Dec....
R.I. behind on funding post-employment benefits, but better than rest of...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s “other post-employment benefit liabilities,” which typically consist of retiree health plans, are only 16.5 percent funded, still the highest in...
Elorza signs sister-city agreement between Providence and Zhuhai, China
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza joined city officials, Bryant University President Ronald K. Machtley and a delegation from Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic...
R.I. students score poorly on RICAS
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island students in grades 3-8 lag well behind their counterparts in Massachusetts in math and English language arts, according to results...
Brown students win bronze at Collegiate Inventors Competition
PROVIDENCE – Brown University’s CropDoc team won bronze in the undergraduate category at the 2018 Collegiate Inventors Competition at the U.S. Patent and Trademark...
R.I. HPI increases 5.6% in Oct.
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island home price index increased 5.6 percent year over year in October, tied for the second-highest growth rate in New...
CoreLogic: R.I. HPI grows 6.5% in Sept.
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island home price index increased 6.5 percent year over year in September, CoreLogic reported on Nov. 27.
The Ocean State rate...
CLF Ventures receives $580K grant to reduce diesel emissions
NEW BEDFORD – The tugboat MV/Kodiak will get new marine engines to reduce diesel emissions, thanks to a $579,991 federal grant to consumer-services nonprofit...
DMV to start issuing REAL ID Act-compliant cards starting Dec. 3
CRANSTON – The R.I. Division of Motor Vehicles expects to issue REAL ID Act-complaint identification cards starting Dec. 3.
The cards will be required for...
Swansea board approves host agreements for two marijuana dispensaries
SWANSEA – The Board of Selectmen unanimously approved the town’s first host agreements for two medical and recreational marijuana dispensaries, The Herald News reported...
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