News of Rhode Island
David E. Preble: A new course for New England fisheries
Nov 22, 2008 - 12:03 - Providence Journal - projo.com
David E. Preble, retired from fishing, is a member of both the Rhode Island Marine Fisheries Council and the New England Fishery Management Council. ...
Nov 22, 2008 - 05:44 - Providence Journal - projo.com
At the end of October, People’s Power had signed up 3456 customers in Rhode Island, Lutz said. While the bill is collected by National Grid, ...
State deficit should prompt outrage from taxpayers
Nov 22, 2008 - 05:23 - Providence Journal - projo.com
Rhode Island’s deficit this year is forecast at $372 million. The US deficit in October was $237.2 billion. If those figures aren’t scary enough, ...
Nov 22, 2008 - 05:19 - Providence Journal - projo.com
Some of the state’s most successful manufacturers say Rhode Island needs to lower taxes, streamline regulatory permitting and improve education in order to ...
Cheap lobster not grabbing retailers
Nov 22, 2008 - 05:02 - Providence Business News - pbn.com
Falling prices don’t necessarily help sell lobsters, according to a few Rhode Island market managers who spoke to Providence Business News last week. ...
Cities, towns prepare for hard times
Nov 22, 2008 - 05:02 - Providence Business News - pbn.com
... consolidations and reduction of services, according to Daniel L. Beardsley Jr., executive director of the Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns. ...
Upbeat note sounded on RI’s growth
Nov 22, 2008 - 04:24 - Pawtucket Times - pawtuckettimes.com
By JIM BARON LINCOLN — Economists wring their hands about the woebegone condition of Rhode Island’s economy and seem to be at a loss about how to restore ...
Nov 22, 2008 - 04:20 - Providence Journal - projo.com
In Rhode Island, one of the nation’s most urban states, there have been no fatalities from deer collisions in at least 20 years, says the Department of ...
W. Warwick teen pleads not guilty in fatal car crash
Nov 22, 2008 - 04:20 - Providence Journal - projo.com
... on Spencer Street, West Warwick, at about 10:30 pm on March 20 and drove another teenager to the Wendy’s restaurant at Rhode Island Mall in Warwick. ...
Senator Pell’s service recognized at courthouse centennial celebration
Nov 22, 2008 - 04:20 - Providence Journal - projo.com
Lynch recalled the “independence and ingenuity” of the early Rhode Island colonists, who even before statehood retained the right to enact their own laws. ...
