Tag: Narragansett
RIPTA launching Flex on Demand pilot in South County on Aug....
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Public Transit Authority next week will debut Flex on Demand, a pilot program in South County that the agency says...
Construction delay on Revolution Wind pushes startup date to 2026
PROVIDENCE – Construction on the Revolution Wind project has been delayed, which in turn is pushing the offshore wind farm's commercial operational date from...
Agencies to get $26.9M for public housing
PROVIDENCE – Public housing projects across the state will benefit from $26.9 million in federal funding awarded to 24 local housing authorities, U.S. Sen. Jack...
9 municipalities get matching grants from state’s infrastructure program
PROVIDENCE – Nine municipalities were each awarded funding from the state’s Municipal Public Safety Infrastructure Grant Program that helps finance significant public safety facility...
Blighted inn at Port of Galilee to be razed this week
NARRAGANSETT – The long-vacant Lighthouse Inn at the Port of Galilee will be razed this week, according to WPRI-TV CBS 12.
Crews will begin tearing...
Shekarchi plans more housing legislation in 2024
PROVIDENCE – House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi will again make housing production one of his top priorities when the 2024 legislative session begins on...
Revolution Wind project lands final federal permit
PROVIDENCE – The Revolution Wind project’s construction and operations plan earned approval Monday from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy...
Revolution Wind’s creation of 100 new union jobs celebrated at Quonset...
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Revolution Wind is already creating 100 new local union construction jobs as work on the 704-megawatt off-shore wind project off the...
Blighted inn at Port of Galilee slated for demolition
PROVIDENCE – The long-vacant Lighthouse Inn at the Port of Galilee in Narragansett is set for demolition, with the state on the hook to...
Legal battle imminent after CRMC approves contested Point Judith Pond oyster...
The embattled state coastal regulatory agency appears bound for yet another protracted legal battle over an oyster farm.
Mark Fay, an attorney representing a group...