Tag: North Smithfield
$3.8M in Learn365RI grants awarded across 29 municipalities
PROVIDENCE – Twenty-nine municipalities received a total of $3.8 million in Learn365RI grants to create or expand extended learning programs, with many focusing on...
About 200 still without power after tornado tore through northern R.I.
PROVIDENCE – About 212 residents remained without power Friday afternoon as the cleanup continued after heavy storms and a tornado tore through the northern...
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...
SBA names 2023 R.I. Small Business Week award winners
PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Small Business Administration announced the 2023 Rhode Island Small Business Week Award winners Tuesday.
This year’s honorees include two regional award winners among...
Fraudulent contractor ordered to pay $15K in restitution
PROVIDENCE – A Rhode Island man has been ordered to pay $15,000 in restitution after portraying himself as a contractor despite not having the...
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...
Wright’s Dairy Farm opening ice cream shop in Providence
PROVIDENCE – Some sweet news for ice cream lovers.
Wright’s Dairy Farm Inc. of North Smithfield announced Tuesday that it is opening a new location...
De la Cruz drops out of R.I. congressional race
BURRILLVILLE (AP) – Republican state Sen. Jessica de la Cruz has ended her bid for Congress just about a month after formally launching her...
R.I. company plans to create 500 jobs for solar panel projects
NORTH KINGSTOWN – A North Kingstown company developing clean energy projects plans to create roughly 500 jobs, with hiring starting next year, for two...