Logistec enters cargo-handling agreement with Waterson Terminal Services
PROVIDENCE – Cargo-handling services company Logistec Stevedoring Inc. has entered into an agreement with Waterson Terminal Services LLC, operator and manager of ProvPort, to...
DEM purchases 43 acres in Charlestown for preservation
CHARLESTOWN – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management has purchased 43 acres of forested land for $256,500, DEM announced June 11.
The parcel abuts the...
U.S. Naval War College president reassigned amid investigation by Navy
NEWPORT – The U.S. Naval War College says President Rear Admiral Jeffrey Harley was reassigned pending the final report from an ongoing inspector general...
College intern sentenced to five years for tech-support fraud
PROVIDENCE – Bishwajeet Kumar Jha, 21, a college intern from India who led a “tech support” scheme to defraud elderly individuals of their retirement...
New Bedford files opioid lawsuit against drug manufacturers, distributors
NEW BEDFORD – The city has filed suit against the largest pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors in the United States for their role in the...
R.I. HPI increases 3.8% in April
PROVIDENCE – The home price index in Rhode Island increased 3.8% year over year in April, according to CoreLogic.
Rhode Island HPI growth was faster...
Organic Dyes completes consolidation of its facilities in R.I. and S.C.
LINCOLN – Colorant solution provider Organic Dyes & Pigments LLC has relocated its Providence and East Providence facilities into one new facility in the...
RIPTA ridership down, as other modes of transportation increase
PROVIDENCE – After reaching 21 million bus riders in 2008, R.I. Public Transit Authority annual ridership fell below 20 million following the Great Recession...
RePowerPVD report highlights Fogarty Elementary for energy reduction efforts
PROVIDENCE – The first annual RePowerPVD report, highlighting a voluntary energy-reduction program for large city buildings, has identified Mary E. Fogarty Elementary School as...
Airport police chief leaves for undisclosed reasons
WARWICK – The T.F. Green Airport police chief has left the department for undisclosed reasons, WPRI-TV CBS 12 reported on May 23.
Stephen Cahill had...