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BETA GROUP INC., a Lincoln-based engineering firm, has been awarded a $1.4 million design contract from the city of Pawtucket to help design the riverwalk and pedestrian bridge adjacent to the new Tidewater Landing stadium along the Seekonk River. / COURTESY CITY OF PAWTUCKET

BETA Group awarded $1.4M design contract for Tidewater Landing’s riverwalk, pedestrian...

Government 08/01/2024

PAWTUCKET – The city has awarded Lincoln-based engineering firm BETA Group Inc. a $1.4 million design contract to help design the riverwalk and pedestrian...

DIGGING IT: Narragansett Bay Commission Chairman Vincent J. Mesolella, center, examines the progress made in the combined sewer overflow tunnel deep below Pawtucket. He is surrounded by contractors working on the project. Behind Mesolella is the boring machine that chewed through 2 miles of bedrock over three years. COURTESY NARRAGANSETT BAY COMMISSION

A boring job completed; enormous impact ahead?

Focus 07/19/2024

After taking three years to travel little more than 2 miles, the Narragansett Bay Commission finally reached a finish line of sorts in February...

EPA fines Ocean State Job Lot $53.5K for misbranded bug zappers

Business Services 07/10/2024

NORTH KINGSTOWN – Ocean State Job Lot has agreed to pay a $53,500 federal fine after the discount retailer and the U.S. Environmental Protection...

R.I. gets $28.65M in federal funding for lead pipe replacement projects

Government 05/02/2024

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will receive $28.65 million for lead pipe replacement projects across the state, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday. The federal...

RHODE ISLAND will receive $47.5 million in federal funding for clean water projects, according to embers of the state's congressional delegation. / AP FILE PHOTO/SUSAN WALSH

R.I. receives $47.5M in federal funding for clean water projects

Economy 02/20/2024

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will receive $47.5 million in federal funding to help pay for clean water projects, members of the state's congressional delegation...

OFFERING ALTERNATIVES: Scott Kirmil, owner of the Diego’s restaurants in Rhode Island, displays the recyclable food containers his eateries use, a year before a ban on Styrofoam containers goes into effect. Opponents of the ban say small restaurants will have to bear additional costs.  PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Restaurants preparing for ban on Styrofoam containers

Focus 01/19/2024

On one of his rare days off last summer, Scott Kirmil, owner of six Rhode Island eateries, with plans for a seventh, was sitting...

2 R.I. manufacturers to pay combined $280K for EPA violations

Manufacturing 11/28/2023

WARWICK – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered two Rhode Island manufacturers to pay a total of almost $280,000 in civil penalties for...

Pepsi Co. to pay civil penalty, bolster inspections for alleged hazards...

Manufacturing 11/15/2023

CRANSTON – Pepsi Co. has agreed to pay a civil penalty and acquire independent safety inspection services following allegations that it violated Clean Air...

State, Providence metro area get $4M in EPA funding

Economy 08/30/2023

PROVIDENCE – The state and the Providence-Warwick metro area on Wednesday were awarded $4 million in total from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate...