Tag: Middletown
PBN’s most-read stories of 2022
From developments with the potential to reshape the landscape of Providence and a steady stream of million-dollar home sales across Rhode Island, to ongoing...
Hilb Group acquires OceanPoint Insurance from BankNewport parent
PROVIDENCE – The Hilb Group has purchased Middletown-based OceanPoint Insurance from OceanPoint Financial Partners MHC, the holding company that also owns BankNewport.
The terms of...
Murderous 1600s pirate hid out in U.S. colonies with impunity
WARWICK (AP) – One tarnished silver coin at a time, the ground is yielding new evidence that in the late 1600s, one of the...
Rite-Solutions gets 3 contracts totaling $68M from U.S. Navy
MIDDLETOWN – Rite-Solutions Inc. has been awarded three contracts totaling $68 million from the U.S. Navy, the engineering and information technology company announced Wednesday.
“These contracts,...
6 R.I. communities reject cannabis sales; combined $1.4B in local school...
PROVIDENCE – Voters in 25 Rhode Island communities Tuesday approved recreational cannabis sales, while another six rejected allowing pot businesses to set up in...
SEG awards $50K to 11 businesses, nonprofits
PROVIDENCE – Eleven small businesses and nonprofits have been awarded nearly a combined $50,000 under Social Enterprise Greenhouse’s new Microgrant Fund.
The funds of up to...
Middletown zoning board approves special permit for beachside hotel
MIDDLETOWN – The Middletown Zoning Board of Review on Tuesday unanimously approved a special use permit for Atlantic Beach Suites II LLC to construct...
Mayflower Wind seeks state approval to run cables under Portsmouth
PROVIDENCE – An offshore wind developer wants to run cables up the Sakonnet River and under Aquidneck Island to deliver electricity to Massachusetts' south...
RIDOT opening Route 138 extension in Newport on Oct. 6
PROVIDENCE – Eastbound traffic on Route 138 in Newport will shift with the opening of a new extension on Oct. 6, The R.I. Department...
Reed secures $12M for flood-prone properties
PROVIDENCE – U.S. Sen. Jack Reed announced Thursday that $12 million in federal funding is available for flood-prone properties in East Providence, Middletown and...