By Ted Nesi
PBN Web Editor
COURTESY DEEPWATER WIND
A WIND FARM LOCATED 16 miles off Block Island is depicted in this rendering provided by Deepwater Wind. The company hopes to build a small farm and a utility-scale farm off Rhode Island.
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Deepwater Wind Rhode Island LLC yesterday signed a 10-year, $20.7 million agreement [...]
Do you know what year Woonsocket, RI based pharmacy giant CVS was founded and what the letters CVS stands for?
Answer:
1963
Consumer Value Stores
“After enlightenment, the laundry.”
By Bill McGee, special for USA TODAY
The Earth hasn’t expanded significantly. The seismic plates under North America haven’t shifted dramatically. And quite a few commercial aircraft are faster than ever. But it’s still taking longer to fly on many domestic routes — and flight times are growing longer, not shorter.
Don’t believe it? Check out the [...]
OECD says deterioration in housing markets ‘may be approaching an end’
msnbc.com news services
PARIS - A severe U.S. recession will bottom out this year, but any recovery will be weak due to anemic markets and shrunken consumer wealth, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said on Wednesday.
“In this environment, a considerable degree of economic slack, [...]
By Katherine Gregg
Journal State House Bureau
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Overwhelmed by more than a half-billion dollars in debt, Twin River’s owners are on the verge of turning the keys to the Lincoln track-and-slot parlor over to their lenders under the terms of a “consensual” agreement filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court early Tuesday morning.
The filing reflects a [...]
Stephen Northrup House
North Kingstown, Rhode Island
ca. 1660-1712
later modifications
Benjamin Hammond Grist Mill (Gilbert Stuart Birthplace)
Saunderstown, Rhode Island/Richmond, Rhode Island
1662
early grist mill, partially restored
Newport Tower (Rhode Island)
Newport, Rhode Island
ca. 1670 or pre-1492
Viking structure[1] or colonial windmill.[2] No roof or floors since the mid-18th century
White Horse Tavern (Rhode Island)
Newport, Rhode Island
1673
Oldest tavern in America[3]
Thomas Fenner House
Cranston, Rhode Island
1677
early [...]
Be master of mind rather than mastered by mind.
By Mark Murray
Deputy political director
NBC News
WASHINGTON - As the young Obama administration spends trillions of dollars in its effort to turn around the nation’s economy and revive the U.S. auto industry, the American public is growing concerned about the size of the budget deficit and the government’s intervention into the private sector, the latest NBC [...]
The Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Barry Miller figured he was saving $100 a month when he scaled back his disability insurance. After all, he was healthy.
“It just looked like the policy was too expensive,” said Miller, who was paying for his own disability insurance carried over from a previous job. “Sometimes you don’t know what [...]
