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  • Venerable vessel sets sail for new season 16 May 2008 06:59 GMT
    ... Though the ebb and flood of the tourism business means sightseeing boats come and go, the ... The boat was designed and built in Rhode Island in 1969 by Blount Marine for Frenchman ...

  • 10th anniversary of Latino empowerment in RI 14 May 2008 22:48 GMT
    ... as with The growing appreciation for the Rhode Island Latino Political Action Fund (the fundraising arm of ... ways. Flourishing small businesses — bakeries, groceries, travel agencies, hair stylists, and the like — fill ...

  • American jazz star tops the bill at Wrexham Arts Festival concert 14 May 2008 07:39 GMT
    ... Scott Hamilton. Born in Providence ADVERTISEMENT , Rhode Island, the young Scott Hamilton arrived in New ... concessions £8. Tickets are available from Wrexham Tourist Information Centre on 01978 292015 and further information ...

  • EDITORIAL: Lessons from Savannah 13 May 2008 10:50 GMT
    ... Savannah The Providence Journal It's not only tourism that makes Savannah, Ga., so prosperous, though plenty ... trade, this new economy is fairly recession-resistant. Rhode Island is still searching for a new economy. ...

  • Is a casino in the cards? Players await word from Patrick 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
    ... Massachusetts' dominance of New England's gaming, entertainment, tourism, hospitality, and convention and meeting industries." He went ... State gamblers now going to Connecticut and Rhode Island. In an earlier study, the Center concluded ...

  • Casino cruise line denies expansion plan 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
    ... it certainly highlights the city as a tourist destination. ... It would help our national park. ... to sea, Leisure Cruises might head toward Rhode Island waters and cross the international line sooner. ...

  • UMD report recommends three casino sites 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
    ... port city is better positioned to attract Rhode Island residents who now go to Connecticut’s casinos ... Massachusetts’ dominance of New England’s gaming, entertainment, tourism, hospitality and convention and meeting industries,” Dr. Barrow ...

  • Competition and lower attendance have Greyhound racing struggling 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
    ... Sunshine State’s greyhound parks have catered to tourists and retirees since the 1920s, one of those ... up dog tracks in West Virginia, Iowa, Rhode Island, Alabama and Arkansas. In the Sunshine State, ...

  • Aquinnah, N.Y. tribe to seek Southeastern Mass. casino 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
    ... cities. Seneca Gaming Corporation has successfully captured tourism dollars that had been flowing across the border, ... that of Massachusetts competing with Connecticut and Rhode Island for gaming revenues. In less than five ...

  • YOUR VIEW: Two casinos and track slots could be a compromise 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
    ... on Massachusetts' borders: New York, Maine and Rhode Island. A 12th state recently authorized two tracks ... only form of gaming that will attract tourism from more than a 50-mile radius. Race tracks ...

  • Hillary: Stand By Some Other Man 13 May 2008 04:49 GMT
    ... B. Hussein Obama in Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island Tuesday night. I don't know what the MSM ... so over, girlfriend. He can't even get Holiday Inn cocktail waitresses anymore. Last I heard, he ...

  • Scribe keeps an eye on Whaling Museum vacancy 13 May 2008 00:47 GMT
    ... school project. Before long, young visitors from Rhode Island will be swarming the deck of the ... educational choices and alive with students and tourists. "It's a dream today," Mr. Garfield says. "It's ...

  • Going foreign in an American city 13 May 2008 00:46 GMT
    ... an article about an Elderhostel trip to Rhode Island, and I promised more to come. This ... renaissance of Providence, the entire area welcomes tourists and people from all over the city as ...

  • Floor Statement Saluting Angelo's Restaurant for winning the 2008 'Family-Owned Business of the Year'… 13 May 2008 00:16 GMT
    ... small business owner who is a leader in his field and a contributor to Rhode Island's vital hospitality and tourism industry. Today, the SBA will present the 2008 National Jeffrey H. Butland Family-Owned Business of ...

  • Summer employers brace for shortage of foreign workers 12 May 2008 23:29 GMT
    ... shortages they say will make business tough. Tourism and hospitality officials envision various problems if the ... summer season," said Rep. Jim Langevin, a Rhode Island Democrat. The shortage provides an opening for ...

  • The Beauty of Beacon Hill 12 May 2008 22:32 GMT
    ... off to Blackstone (what is now called Rhode Island) instead. Beacon Hill is bounded on the ... popular public gathering place. In the spring, tourists and locals lounge on benches under blossoming fruit ...

  • 'Down the Nile: Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff' 12 May 2008 22:00 GMT
    ... foreign woman adrift. A year earlier, 58 tourists had been killed in a terrorist attack at ... foreigner to go it alone. Thankfully, the Rhode Island-based writer isn't easily thrown. Mahoney's chronicle of ...

  • Analysis: Hezbollah guns mightier than pen 12 May 2008 20:55 GMT
    ... of this tiny country the size of Rhode Island is that it has been the undoing ... more real estate than a stopover for tourists. Let us not be fooled by what is ...

  • Reed and Whitehouse Secure $500,000 to Revitalize Newport's Working Waterfront and Bolster RI's Marine Industry… 12 May 2008 20:33 GMT
    ... new federal funding they secured to strengthen Rhode Island's marine heritage and revitalize Newport's working waterfront. ... open year-round to the public. Rhode Islanders, tourists, and area school children will benefit from increasingly ...


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