Tag: Blackstone River
Rhode Island to receive up to $62.5M in PCB contamination settlement
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will receive at least $25 million in a settlement with Monsanto Co. and its affiliates over decades of pollution from...
Group prepares to build on Blackstone River revival
The Blackstone River played a key role in the Industrial Revolution: more than 100 mills and mill villages were built around it and its...
Pawtucket receives 6 proposals to redevelop former Apex property
PAWTUCKET – Six competitive bids have been submitted for redevelopment of the deserted 20-acre area surrounding the iconic Apex building, The Pawtucket Redevelopment Agency...
Woonsocket officials look to burn contracts and sell off regional wastewater...
Woonsocket has had enough.
Enough of the stink that stretches for miles and lingers for days. Enough of the sewage-laden trucks rumbling down local roads....
Report: Hasbro’s potential HQ move could be announced by week’s end
PAWTUCKET – An announcement on Hasbro Inc.’s potential move to Massachusetts may be imminent.
WPRI-TV CBS 12 reported Wednesday that officials in Pawtucket are expecting...
Pawtucket seeking developers for 20-acre area surrounding Apex building
PAWTUCKET – City leaders are looking for developers to help revitalize a deserted 20-acre area surrounding the iconic Apex building.
The city and the Pawtucket...
Storm brings high winds, widespread flooding across state
PROVIDENCE – The state is cleaning up once again from another powerful storm two days after it endured its first major snowfall in two...
Why Woonsocket’s sewage treatment plant can’t afford to fail
You smell it before you see it: a faint sour tinge to the breeze blowing out from the Woonsocket Wastewater Treatment Facility.
It’s hardly a...
EPA awards Woonsocket $300K for site assessments and preparation
WOONSOCKET – The city of Woonsocket will receive $300,000 in Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields assessment funding and assistance, the EPA announced Wednesday.
The funds will...
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