Tag: Portsmouth
R.I. ramps up homebuilding as affordability crisis lingers, latest state snapshot...
Rhode Island’s push to build new homes has gained traction over the last year, but the affordability of existing housing stock still remains a...
Raytheon in Portsmouth lands $74.1M Naval contract extension
PORTSMOUTH – Raytheon, a division of RTX Corp., has been awarded a $74.1 million contract extension from the U.S. Department of War for production and...
State awards $8M to pair of housing initiatives
PROVIDENCE – The state awarded more than $8 million to two bond-funded initiatives designed to accelerate housing production across Rhode Island, Gov. Daniel J....
70 acres of Portsmouth cove placed under DEM protection
PORTSMOUTH – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management is conserving 70 acres of land at Gull Cove thanks to $880,000 in settlement funding from a barge oil spill...
Report: DEM allowing snow from blizzard to be dumped in waterways
PROVIDENCE – Now that the state has received help to dig out from the record snowfall from Feb. 23, where to actually put it is...
RTX Corp. year-end profit jumps 41% to $6.7B
PROVIDENCE – RTX Corp. reported a 2025 year-end profit of $6.7 billion, or $4.96 per share. That’s a 41% increase from $4.7 billion, or...
Undeveloped land parcel in Little Compton sells for $6.5M
LITTLE COMPTON – A 31-acre waterfront tract has sold for $6.5 million, the highest price paid for an undeveloped land parcel in the town...
Providence Community Electricity Program default winter rate to drop 10%
PROVIDENCE – The default winter supply rate for Providence Community Electricity Program residential and commercial customers will be 14.69 cents per kilowatt hour, down...
Expanded career and technical education center to offer alternative paths to...
NEWPORT – On Aug. 22 state and local officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to inaugurate the newly constructed William S. Rogers High School.
Encompassing 167,000...
State regulators seek public feedback on banning new gas connections on...
Do supply problems and state decarbonization goals warrant an end to new natural gas connections on Aquidneck Island?
State regulators are asking Newport residents to...
