Tag: east coast
McKee declares disaster emergency in R.I. following storm
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Wednesday issued an executive order declaring a disaster emergency in the state after a storm on Dec....
Thanksgiving travel rush begins with weather affecting the Northeast
The late crush of holiday travelers is picking up steam, with about 2.7 million people expected to board flights on Wednesday and millions more...
Orsted claims supply chain could cost company $2.12B
PROVIDENCE – Orsted A/S, a developer of the Revolution Wind project with Eversource Energy, has warned they might write off as much as $2.12...
New Bedford once lit the world with whale oil. Now it...
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) – New Bedford was once the city that lit the world, exporting vast quantities of whale oil for lamps in...
CoreLogic: R.I. home price index up 4.4% in February
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island home price index increased 6.3% year over year in February, higher than the national growth rate of 4.4%, CoreLogic...
Feds deny emergency call to slow ships, ease whale strikes
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – The U.S. government has denied a request from a group of environmental organizations to immediately apply proposed ship-speed restrictions in...
A Gateway to Medicine
John Cotoia studied hard in high school, hard work that paid off when he got into Johns Hopkins University as a pre-med student. With...