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February 29, 2008 Archives


Granoffs sell Turk's Head building for $17.55M

12:39 PM Fri, Feb 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Paul Grimaldi    Email

Journal archive photo / Sandor Bodo The Turks Head Building is being sold. PROVIDENCE - Granoff Associates LLC has sold the historic Turk's Head building in downtown Providence for $17.55 million to a Philadephia-based company, a Granoff representative confirmed.......

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Bill to create ports study commission passes Senate

12:19 PM Fri, Feb 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Benjamin N. Gedan    Email

Journal archive photo / Bob Breidenbach Car importer NORAD is the main user of the port at the Quonset Business Park. PROVIDENCE -- The state Senate has passed legislation that would create a commission to study ways to intensify......

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Dunk goes to the mat for 'ultimate fighting'

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By Benjamin N. Gedan    Email

Journal archive photo / Bill Murphy Mat Santos, left, raises his arms after winning an ultimate fighting match at a tournament in Revere, Mass. in 2005. PROVIDENCE -- The operators of the Dunkin' Donuts Center are lobbying the legislature......

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Saint-Gobain laying off 90 employees

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By Benjamin N. Gedan    Email

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics will begin laying off 90 employees in June, according to a filing the company made to the state Department of Labor and Training. Last October, the Birstol-based company, a subsidiary of the France-based Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, first......

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