Mayor DaSilva: Aspen Aerosol, Facility That Exploded, Did Not Have Proper Building Permit
GoLocalProv News Team
East Providence Mayor Bob DaSilva tells GoLocal that the Aspen Aerosol facility, which suffered an explosion on Wednesday night, had “open permits.”
UPDATED: East Providence Company, Site of Explosion, Has Been Cited for Multiple Health and Environmental Violations in the Past
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Over the past 13 years, Aspen Aerogel's facility in East Providence has been cited by the Occupational Safety and Health... Read More
Quonset Is Being Turned Into the Armpit of Rhode Island — Rep. Julie A. Casimiro
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At the March 30th Town Council meeting, North Kingstown residents made it clear that a pyrolysis sewage treatment facility... Read More
A Pyrolysis Plant in North Kingstown Deserves Public Scrutiny - Sheehan
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A proposal to locate a sewage sludge pyrolysis facility in the West Davisville section of the Quonset Business Park raises... Read More
RI Recycled Metals’ License Opposed By Morales and Neighbor Activists
GoLocalProv News Team
Rhode Island State Representative David Morales and neighborhood activists have voiced their opposition to the license... Read More
As McKee and Foulkes Push for Higher Taxes, One Republican Leader Proposes Cuts
GoLocalProv News Team
Governor Dan McKee’s budget proposes a “millionaire tax” to increase revenue. And this week, Democratic gubernatorial... Read More
RI’s Power Outages Restored Faster Than Other States
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Rhode Island Energy has arguably been the most effective of any energy company on the East Coast in getting people’s... Read More
Air Quality Alert: Unhealthy Ozone Levels Expected in Parts of RI Sunday
GoLocalProv News Team
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) forecasts that air quality will reach UNHEALTHY levels due to... Read More
The Nature Conservancy’s Remarkable New Acquisition
GoLocalProv News Team
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) announced that it has acquired two properties in central Hopkinton, boosting the protection of... Read More
The Perfect Reuse - From Sunken Crane to Art
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The story of recycling is often amorphous. One buys a can of soda and then throws it in a recycling bin and hopes it is... Read More
In Deepwater: Did Whitehouse Lobby for Wife’s Company? This Story Was First Published May 3, 2010
Beverly Ford, GoLocalProv Correspondent, and Stephen Beale, GoLocalProv News Editor
EDITOR’S NOTE: The story below was broken by GoLocal in May of 2010, during its first week of operation. The story is... Read More