Rhode Island News Briefs
Schools receive telecommunications
funds
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Schools and Libraries Corporation has awarded
$774,517 in grants to 10 Rhode Island schools and libraries in...
Bendix to stay, Allied says; Rumford plant up for sale
Allied Signal, which is closing its FRAM and Autolite divisions here, has put its building at 105 Pawtucket Avenue in the Rumford section of...
Vote is key to intermodal development
I have a 1943 picture of Hoxsie Four Corners, just east of T.F. Green Airport. Not that long ago, this intersection was surrounded by...
Study to indicate economic impact of airport
While it may seem obvious with the tremendous growth at T.F. Green Airport, officials are about to prove definitively just how valuable the airport...
Solutions to parking at airport being built
The parking garage and lots surrounding T.F. Green Airport were as usual filled to near capacity Thanksgiving Day, but it was likely the last...
Policy council plans for future
The Economic Policy Council, remaining low key publicly during an election year, has quietly been developing plans to launch two new Centers of Excellence...
Workers’ comp loophole worries execs
The state's new workers' compensation law going into effect Jan. 1 contains a loophole that could leave corporate executives statewide uninsured, some insurers and...
What will state do with market property?
State officials were finalizing a deal last week to buy the Providence Produce Market property, an eyesore poised to become a real estate jewel...
Business etiquette held essential to foreign success
Most companies plunge into trade missions armed with market data. But experts say many businesses ignore something that can make the difference between success...
Forum promotes collaborative program for children
The Flynn Kids, a collection of first through fifth-grade performance arts students at the Edmund Flynn Elementary School in Providence, delivered an invaluable and...
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