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R.I. gets $1.5M to remove sunken barge in Providence River

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management is getting $1.5 million to remove a 113-foot-long sunken barge from the Providence River and salvage...

RIDOT gets $15M federal grant for 206 new EV charging stations

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Transportation has been awarded $15 million in federal funding to install 206 electric vehicle charging stations across the...
LIFE IS A HIGHWAY: Over the past 42 years, Tighe & Bond Vice President and Technical Director Suzanne Courtemanche has served as the environmental assessment and remediation manager for numerous investigation and remediation programs, including rail-to-trail projects and highway expansion projects. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Suzanne Courtemanche

PBN Leaders & Achievers 2024 Awards Suzanne Courtemanche | Tighe & Bond | Vice president and technical director AS A TEENAGER, Suzanne Courtemanche thought she...

Atlantic Mills up for sale, again

PROVIDENCE – After the city spent years trying to preserve Atlantic Mills, the iconic property is back on the market. In September 2022, the Providence...
THE AFTERMATH: An old earth-and-stone dam along Beaver River failed in December after heavy rainstorms and caused minimal damage downstream. Beavers had built their own dam on top of the existing dam. 
COURTESY TIM MOONEY

With changing climate, dams getting closer look

In December, about 2 million gallons of water from the Beaver River rushed through Richmond. A small, dilapidated dam, likely built 150 to 200 years...
TAKING ROOT: ­Gloria Chacón, a licensed arborist and owner of Green View Tree Service LLC, with her crew at a worksite in North ­Providence.
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

She went out on a limb, and her tree service has...

Gloria Chacón didn’t plan to become a tree doctor, dealing with all things related to shrubs and woody plant life. “My parents wanted me to...
AT A STANDSTILL: This 24-acre parcel known as the Chevron-Gulf Oil property in East Providence between the East Bay Bike Path and the Providence River was cleared years ago and a mixed-used project was proposed, but very little has happened on the land. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Projects along E.P. coast proceed, except for one

On East Providence’s industrial waterfront – a stretch of parcels that for decades sat derelict – the ongoing construction of East Point, a 392-unit...
THE COVENTRY TOWN Council has condemned Johnson’s Pond in hopes of taking it by eminent domain, WPRI-TV CBS 12 reported Friday. 

Report: Town condemns Johnson’s Pond, seeks ownership by eminent domain

COVENTRY – Town officials have officially condemned Johnson’s Pond in hopes of taking the sprawling 900-acre body of water in central Coventry by eminent...

Are you satisfied with the fiscal 2025 state budget recently signed...

Gov. Daniel J. McKee on June 17 signed into law a $13.9 billion fiscal 2025 state budget that begins July 1. The budget reflects a...

Eleventh-hour bottle bill reignites debate between environmental, business groups

Disagreement over a state bottle recycling program is as pervasive as the piles of recyclable bottles and cans littering Rhode Island streets, beaches and...
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