Five questions with Mike Steinmetz
Mike Steinmetz | Cybersecurity officer, homeland security adviser, Rhode Island
1. What are your responsibilities as the state’s first cybersecurity officer? I will serve as...
Who Owns The Block?
Mendon Road | W. Wrentham Road to Manville Hill Road | CUMBERLAND
Cumberland Hill Plaza,
3460 Mendon Road (1982)
PROPERTY OWNER: Cumberland Hill Plaza Inc.
TENANTS:...
Tourism holding its own
People in the travel business have been warning that President Donald Trump’s administration’s isolationist rhetoric and tougher border controls – as evidenced by the...
R.I.’s chowder tradition endures
It is not difficult to find a restaurant around here that serves chowder. Whether clam, seafood, corn, shrimp or lobster – perhaps the lobster...
Who’s On The Board?
Mission: To enable and inspire children and youth, especially those from diverse or difficult circumstances, to reach their full potential as productive and responsible...
Americans seem to like universal health care
Americans, in general, support government-provided universal health care.
A Pew Research Center survey taken in January found that 60 percent say that it’s the responsibility...
Historic credits deserve to be kept active for state’s sake
The 286 projects that have been completed since the state created its historic-preservation tax credit program in 2001 have brought $1.3 billion in private...
Prospective developers tour Fall River’s King Philip Mill
FALL RIVER – Developers are touring the King Philip Mill, a 750,00-square-foot complex the city hopes to auction off for possible redevelopment.
An unsuccessful request...
Senators oppose elimination of Sea Grant program
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of 26 senators is calling for federal funding to be preserved for the National Sea Grant College Program, which...
NatGrid’s $20M Chase Hill substation completed
HOPKINTON – National Grid’s $20 million Chase Hill substation was completed several months ahead of schedule in March.
The substation will serve approximately 24,000 customers...