State buys Davisville land at $62,500 bargain price
In real estate terms, it could probably be called a steal. The state last week bought 440 acres of land at Davisville for $62,500.
In...
Web site stirs high hopes
The state's largest cable television operator hopes a no-cost connection to Rhode Island's Zeitgeist will be the ticket to an even greater market share.
OSO.com,...
Dredging plans create conflict
With opposition mounting to the proposal to dredge the Providence River for the first time since 1971, legislators like Portsmouth state Rep. Charles J....
RI Mall has brave outlook
Allen Smith, general manager of the Rhode Island Mall, has heard the pessimists, the ones who predict that once Providence Place Mall is up...
Plan offers restoration after oil spill
Two years after a barge spilled 828,000 gallons of oil in Block Island Sound, a plan has been unveiled to restore the millions of...
DEM presses ahead with program to streamline its permitting process
DEM has heard enough grumbling.
After years of complaints about how long it takes to get a permit to remove an old septic system,...
Superfund has 12 RI targets
The Environmental Protection Agency bills it as the world's most aggressive hazardous waste cleanup program. Its trust fund is more than $13 billion. More...
It’s all business now in environmental cleanups
The environmental cleanup industry, which experienced a period of rapid growth in the 1980s, seems to have matured and become a familiar part of...
Small business health plan to blossom in spring
Rhode Island's myriad small businesses frustrated by the high cost of providing health insurance to their employees could have an affordable, high-quality alternative as...
Ocean Center, in new home, plans to extend services
The University of Rhode Island Ocean Technology Center has been inventing cutting-edge marine equipment and supporting local industry for the last five years, but...
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