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Wickford Gourmet owners retiring: ‘We can’t do it anymore’

NORTH KINGSTOWN – For Joe and Donna Dubé, owners of Wickford Gourmet Factory Outlet, a typical day could often mean running two or three...
OCEANPOINT Insurance, a subsidiary of BankNewport holding company OceanPoint Financial Partners, was aqcuired by the Hilb Group on Dec. 1.

Hilb Group acquires OceanPoint Insurance from BankNewport parent

PROVIDENCE – The Hilb Group has purchased Middletown-based OceanPoint Insurance from OceanPoint Financial Partners MHC, the holding company that also owns BankNewport. The terms of...

Roger Williams Zoo announces birth of endangered kangaroo

PROVIDENCE – Staff at the Roger Williams Park Zoo had a secret to keep since June 27 after the zoo had welcomed the birth...

Feds: Vanishing right whale must remain on endangered list

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – The fading North Atlantic right whale will remain protected under the Endangered Species Act, and the species requires a series...

Report: 6-figure salary needed to afford home in Providence and Warwick

PROVIDENCE – A six-figure salary is needed to afford a home in the city and Warwick, according to a study by HSH.com. The mortgage resource...

Southwest Airlines flight cancellations continue to snowball

DALLAS (AP) – Families hoping to catch a Southwest Airlines flight after days of cancellations, missing luggage and missed family connections suffered through another...
THE PROVIDENCE-WARWICK area was ranked the 13th best metro area in the nation for seniors according to a report by Storage Café. The nationwide online storage space marketplace analyzed the nation’s 100 largest metros and used 15 metrics to assess each location's potential for retirees' needs, including the cost of living, crime rate, weather, housing options and income. / PBN FILE PHOTO

Report: Providence-Warwick metro area 13th best place for seniors to retire

PROVIDENCE – The Providence-Warwick area was ranked the 13th best metro area in the nation for seniors to retire, according to a report by...
PATRICIA COYNE-FAGUE will step down as director of R.I. Department on Jan. 13. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

R.I. Department of Corrections director to step down in January

PROVIDENCE – Patricia Coyne-Fague will step down as director of the R.I. Department of Corrections on Jan. 13, Gov. Daniel J. McKee announced Tuesday. Coyne-Fague...
TRAVELERS WAIT in long lines at Los Angeles International Airport's Southwest Airlines ticket counter on Monday. The low-cost carrier had to cancel thousands of flights in recent days, including 18 flights at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport in Warwick on Tuesday and another nine flights scheduled for Wednesday. / AP PHOTO/EUGENE GARCIA

Widespread flight cancellations affect operations at T.F. Green

WARWICK – A deadly weekend storm that brought power outages and freezing temperatures is continuing to wreak havoc on travel plans as flight delays...

Bristol County, Mass., median home sale price rises 3.6% Y/Y in...

PROVIDENCE – The median price of single-family homes in Bristol County, Mass., sold in November was $430,000, a 3.6% increase over the same month...
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