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BOSTON – Grand Canyon University – an Arizona-based Christian college – has backed out of a deal for a free 217-acre campus in Massachusetts, The Associated Press reported. The college cited millions of dollars in unanticipated costs that it said made an expensive project too risky.
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11/5/12
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7/23/12
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The last time Rhode Island went national in its search for a chief economic-development executive, it offered an Arizona business consultant $250,000 per year, plus a car, to lead the state out of the financial crisis.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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WOONSOCKET – A deserted building will be turned into nine one-bedroom homes for disabled and formerly homeless men as part of a project that also aims to revitalize the neighborhood, The Associated Press reported.
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8/27/12
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Newport Bancorp Inc., parent of Newport Federal Savings Bank, posted net income for the third quarter of $417,000, an increase of 50 percent over its 2011 third quarter performance.
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By PBN Staff
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City planners have received preliminary plans to build a six-story apartment building on Hospital Street in the Jewelry District.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee and the R.I. Department of Transportation have announced the completion of the land transfer process between the state and the Interstate 195 Redevelopment District Commission.
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By PBN Staff
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Imagine a private enterprise with the resources to make multimillion dollar investments on very high-profile parcels of land.
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6/4/12
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PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Transportation said last week that it has reopened the Frenchtown Brook Bridge in East Greenwich about one month earlier than originally planned.
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9/10/12
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Providence Preservation Society announced today that Karen Jessup has been named interim director of the citywide preservation organization.
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By Lindsay Lorenz |