The Town of Burrillville is preparing to testify at evidentiary hearings later this month against Invenergy, developers of a proposed natural gas power…
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Hospital Workers’ Pension Plan On Life Support
Across the country, millions of employees have entrusted their retirement savings to unregulated pension plans known as church plans. Many of these…
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Bob Kerr: Looking Back On Vietnam
Columnist Bob Kerr spent a year in Vietnam as a combat correspondent with the marines. He’s been processing the experience ever since, and trying to…
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Rosanne Cash Helps Launch Brown University Songwriting Series
Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash leads a songwriting master class and performs from her repertoire, including the acclaimed 2014…
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Former Candidate Files Complaint Over RI Voter Registration
Former Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Block has accused the state Board of Elections of violating federal election law by failing to collect…
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Is The National Anthem Really Necessary Before Every Game?
Why does Sports World wrap itself in the American flag? I wondered about that last weekend as President Trump strained his thumbs firing off more than a…
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Invenergy Names Narragansett Tribe As Backup Water Supplier For Power Plant
The Narragansett Indian Tribe will serve as a backup water supplier for a proposed natural gas power plant in Burrillville.
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Land Conservationists Worry Power Plant Will Fragment Forest, Harm Species
As my tour guide, Bill Eccleston, and I walked through the dirt, twigs and puddles of the George Washington Wildlife Management Area in Burrillville, we…
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These Entrepreneurs See Opportunity Flowing Through Decaying Dams
New England is home to thousands of dams that have fallen out of use — a legacy of our industrial past.
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To Restore Healthy Rivers, Conservationists Find Success Removing Small Dams
Unlike large hydropower dams, where there’s often serious political and emotional resistance to removal, conservationists are finding many landowners of…
