Report details how New Bedford Police Department can run more efficiently
NEW BEDFORD – A report recommending improvements the New Bedford Police Department can make to run more efficiently suggests dissolving individual stations to build...
NUWC renews $49.6M Rite-Solutions IT services contract
MIDDLETOWN – The Naval Undersea Warfare Center has renewed a $49.6 million contract with Rite-Solutions Inc. for the company’s support of the NUWC Activity...
Brock named new chief of staff for general treasurer’s office
PROVIDENCE – Kate Brock will serve as chief of staff in the R.I. Office of the General Treasurer, effective Jan. 1, General Treasurer Seth...
Westerly Education Center completes construction of new science labs
WESTERLY – Westerly Education Center has completed construction of a chemistry lab and biology lab, the nonprofit workforce training and higher education center announced...
Report: Food insecurity in R.I. on the rise despite improving economy
PROVIDENCE – Food insecurity in Rhode Island is on the rise, according to a Nov. 19 report from the Rhode Island Community Food Bank.
According...
Parisian-inspired Ellie’s to open in Providence in spring 2019
PROVIDENCE – Ellen Slattery, owner of Gracie’s and Ellie’s Bakery, announced she will be opening Ellie’s, a Parisian-inspired neighborhood bistro, at 225 Weybosset St....
ProJo, other GateHouse pubs, shortening subscriptions by charging for inserts
PROVIDENCE – Special supplements included in a subscription to the print edition of the Providence Journal can shorten the term of a customer’s subscription.
The...
House Republicans elect Filippi, Chippendale as new minority leaders
PROVIDENCE – Rep. Blake A. Filippi, R-New Shoreham, will serve as the next House minority leader, following a vote of the chamber’s Republican caucus.
Filippi...
Ørsted completes acquisition of Deepwater Wind, expects to add R.I. jobs
PROVIDENCE – Ørsted’s acquisition of Deepwater Wind LLC for $510 million has been finalized, the Danish company announced Nov. 7.
Ørsted entered into an agreement...
Owner seeks relief from building codes to open Lizzie Borden’s house...
FALL RIVER – Donald Woods, owner of Lizzie Borden’s last residence, a Victorian home known as Maplecroft Mansion, is seeking state-level exemptions from having...
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