Environmental Protection Agency (Free subscription) | yesterday
Boston, Mass. – July 25, 2008) - EPA has filed a Superfund lien on property owned by John A. Nunes of Michael John Realty, Inc. and property owned by Linda Marszalkowski and J.M. Mills, Inc. All properties are otherwise known as part of the Peterson/Puritan, Inc. Superfund Site
Kmareka.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
It’s been almost thirty years since the Three Mile Island disaster put a halt to the expansion of nuclear power in the US. Public opinion was already turning against the industry. Once promising cheap, clean electricity, the power plants in fact required massive taxpayer subsidies to build and a special exemption from liability in case [...]
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday
Visiting parts of New England,the Adirondacks,the Poconos,Savannah GA,Charleston SC, the Grand Strand, the Outer Banks and many interesting places along the way.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
State Has 1,297 of These Important Firms WASHINGTON, July 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "High-impact" firms create Rhode Island's new jobs and growth, according to a study recently released by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Distributed across all industries, high-impact firms account for almost all employment and revenue growth in the national economy, the study...
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Stanley Kobierowski (not pictured) is apparently a bit of drinker and a bad decision-maker. After Rhode Island police arrested him for crashing into a sign, Stanley blew a 0.491 BAC on the breathalyzer — more than six times the Rhode Island limit of 0.08. That's a state record, by the way. To put Stanley's inebriation into perspective, a blood alcohol level of 0.3 is considered blitzed, 0.4 brings...
Legal Writing Prof Blog (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
The University of Windsor, Faculty of Law, has announced that two of the school's three existing Legal Research and Writing positions were converted from limited term contract positions to tenure track positions. The third position is scheduled to be converted...
Market Wire - Professional Services (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
BALTIMORE, MD (MARKET WIRE) Social Solutions, the leading provider of performance management software for the human services sector, today announced that Family Resources Community Action (FRCA) in Rhode Island, has selected Social Solutions' ETO Software(R) to enhance services across the community. The 117-year-old organization will use ETO as the central online platform for all 115 of its staff members,...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
PROVIDENCE, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bancorp Rhode Island, Inc. (NASDAQ: BARI), the parent company of Bank Rhode Island, today announced net income for the second quarter 2008 of $2.24
Follow Me Here... (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
R.I. police say man had 0.491 blood alcohol level ... reportedly the highest ever recorded in someone who was not dead. ( SFGate via boing boing )
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 35 minutes ago
A WJAR television reporter whose two-part series called into question the effectiveness of Rhode Island tourism centers -- and set off a storm of controversy -- is leaving Channel 10 as of Sunday, the station's general manager confirmed today. Station...
Curbed (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
"Hotel developer Sam Chang sold a Times Square area parcel in the early stages of construction for $59 million, far above the $13.48 million the developer paid for the site in 2006. The Rhode Island hotel development company Magna Hospitality...
PSFK Trend: PSFK (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
The police department of Providence, Rhode Island is testing out a trial run of the all electric Vectix Maxi scooter. The vehicle has a range of 60 miles, a 3-5 hour charge time, and a… ... continue reading
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
Today's front page reports on the sinking Wednesday of a Rhode Island fishing boat off the coast of New Jersey. Two crew members were rescued, but the Coast Guard is still searching this morning for Philip Ruhle, Sr., of North...
NBC11.com - Local News (Free subscription) | yesterday
A waterspout hits land and becomes a tornado in Rhode Island as a strong storm moves through the region.
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
An out-of-state health industry advisory group will work with a Pawtucket attorney overseeing the troubled Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket. Superior Court Associate Justice Michael A. Silverstein today appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP of Albany, N.Y., to work with attorney Jonathan N....
