As part of a 6% cut across its news division, Gannett, the owner of The Providence Journal, is laying off the paper’s executive editor, David Ng. Ng, a son of immigrants from Hong Kong, spent most of his career at papers near his native New York City, including Newsday, The Star-Ledger, The New York Post, […]
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Interview: New Bedford’s port director on balancing fishing and offshore wind
Gordon Carr, the new director of New Bedford’s Port Authority, will be leading the nation’s top fishing port through a period of transition as the offshore wind industry sets up in town. Our South Coast Bureau Reporter Ben Berke sat down with Carr for his first interview since he started the job last month. They talked about the tough decisions Carr will make about who gets precious space in a busy harbor.
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Politicians spar over State Pier’s future, as new interests converge on New Bedford’s waterfront
New Bedford’s state legislators are sounding alarms that control over the state-owned pier where ferries to Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket dock could be changing hands without their oversight.
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Local scallopers win big battle over regulatory change sought by corporate competitors
After months of heated public discussion, the New England Fishery Management Council decided against creating a leasing program for limited access scallop permits on Tuesday.
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Rhode Island received $50 million in pandemic aid for low-income homeowners, but many were shut out
Just two months after it launched the program, Rhode Island Housing stopped accepting applications, leaving some homeowners facing thousands of dollars of debt, with limited avenues for relief.
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New data shows remote work is a rare privilege in New Bedford
New Bedford has one of the lowest shares of residents working remotely of any city in the United States, according to an analysis of new data from the Census Bureau. The Bay Area Council Economic Institute report found only 6 percent of New Bedford’s residents worked from home last year, a proportion that pales in […]
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The legacy of a Rhode Island manufacturing giant and its “unlikely” leader
Rhode Island lost a giant in the state’s manufacturing history when Henry “Hank” Sharpe Jr. passed away earlier this month.
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Henry Sharpe, Rhode Island philanthropist and manufacturing leader, dies at 99
Henry “Hank” Sharpe, Jr., philanthropist and longtime president of the Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Company, passed away Friday in Maine at 99 years old, his family said Thursday. Born in Providence in 1923, Sharpe was a graduate of Brown University and a Navy veteran of World War II. He took the helm of the well-known […]
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America’s biggest scallopers want changes to regulations preventing consolidation
New England’s fishing regulators are weighing whether the owners of scallop vessels should be allowed to lease out their access to scallop grounds.
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Fidelity Investments expected to bring 1,000 new jobs to Rhode Island
Rhode Island is benefiting from a major hiring surge at Fidelity. The investment management firm says it plans to add nearly 1,000 jobs at its Smithfield campus this year.
