Fall River police get 2% raise in FY19 contract
FALL RIVER – The Fall River Police Association Local 1854 has settled a one-year contract for fiscal 2019 that includes a 2 percent increase,...
PowerDocks wins innovation award
NEWPORT – PowerDocks LLC has won the 2018 Electric & Hybrid Marine Industry Innovation of the Year Award for its BlueIsles Solar Microgrid Dock,...
CoreLogic: Providence metro HPI up 7.5% in May
PROVIDENCE – The single-family home price index for the Providence-Warwick metropolitan area increased 7.5 percent year over year in May, according to a July...
Meatworks facility to provide nearby slaughterhouse for local farmers
WESTPORT – Ever since a slaughterhouse in Dartmouth closed in 2007, local farmers have had to ship livestock to New York, New Hampshire and...
Providence Public Library receives $7K grant from Wells Fargo
PROVIDENCE – Providence Public Library was awarded a $7,500 grant from Wells Fargo to help support the library’s Passport to Summer Learning program, PPL...
May construction employment up 500 workers in both Providence, New Bedford...
PROVIDENCE – Construction employment in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area increased 500 workers year over year in May, a 2 percent increase, to 24,100...
T.F. Green Airport name will stay the same, for now
WARWICK – Despite passage of bills by the House and Senate to change the name of T.F. Green Airport to include “Rhode Island,” the...
GA approves PawSox stadium financing plan
PROVIDENCE – The Senate on June 22 gave its approval to House-passed legislation financing a new Pawtucket Red Sox ballpark in downtown Pawtucket.
The bill,...
Resource Recovery awarded for recycling awareness campaign
JOHNSTON – Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corp. was named winner of the 2018 Gold Excellence Award in the Awareness Campaign category of the Solid...
Raimondo signs legislation protecting DACA recipients in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo signed into law legislation that protects the ability of approved recipients in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals...
