Jamestown Rhode Island Lodging

Irving, Texas-based firm sells hotel to Rhode Island group.

By David Wethe, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 16--In the midst of a 2-year-old plan to shed some of its Metroplex properties, Irving-based FelCor Lodging Trust has sold the 15-story Harvey Hotel DFW to a Rhode Island group that plans to rebrand it as a

Publication: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Rhode Island's Snug Harbor.(bluefishing trip)(The Frugal Fisherman)

People who make their living from the sea are different from the rest of us. With their very existence ruled by tides, seasons and the great annual fish migrations, "salts" just seem to have a brighter light glowing in their eyes. That's why I came back to Snug Harbor. Thirty-five years ago, my

Publication: Outdoor Life

By the numbers Lodging tax

7 percent: Maine state tax on lodging 8.95 percent: Average in New England, without any local option taxes12 percent: State tax on lodging in Connecticut and Rhode Island 11.41 percent: State and local lodging tax in Honolulu 13.75 percent: State and local tax on selected New York

Publication: Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.

Rhode Island Republicans Divided

RACHEL ZOLL, Associated Press Writer AP Online 07-18-2000 Rhode Island Republicans Divided PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island Republicans split over John McCain and George W. Bush will be heading for separate hotels at the GOP convention. Eight of 10 delegates backing McCain have rejected the

Publication: AP Online

Rhode Island's Nine Tourism Districts Won't Consolidate into One.

By Dan Pearson, The Day, New London, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 12--WESTERLY, R.IState officials said Thursday that Rhode Island would not consolidate its nine tourism districts into a single office. Many regional tourism offices had opposed the consolidation, fearing it would

Publication: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

RHODE ISLAND TO RECEIVE $975,846 IN HOMELESS PREVENTION AID

Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I. (2nd CD), issued the following news release: Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy (RI-01) and Congressman Jim Langevin (RI-02) announced today that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded $975,846 to Rhode Island to help

Publication: US Fed News Service, Including US State News

Embattled Former Rhode Island Senate Leader Traveled on CVS Private Jet.

By Mike Stanton, Providence Journal, R.I. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--William V. Irons, the embattled former Senate president whose possible ties to CVS have come under state-police scrutiny, took two trips on the pharmacy giant's private jet in recent months -- trips that he has

Publication: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

IT WAS THE FAMILY TOUR DE RHODE ISLAND EIGHT ADULTS, FOUR KIDS TAKE ON THE UPS AND DOWNS OF THE OPEN ROAD

WEST GREENWICH, R.I. - Sure, Lance Armstrong, four-time winner of the Tour de France, may be one of the world's greatest athletes. But while he was being catered to around the clock last month in France, our group was decidedly do-it-yourself. While his racing bike was as light as US Postal

Publication: The Boston Globe

Rhode Island.(Brief article)

The Republican Rapid Responders, a self-described group of experienced campaigners based in Virginia, wants volunteers to go to Rhode Island to help U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee before the Sept. 12 primary. Chafee is running against Cranston Mayor Stephen Laffey. While Chafee's numerous differences

Publication: Campaigns & Elections

U. Rhode Island grad's travel company targets Gen X

Jason Nolfi University Wire 11-30-2005 (Speakeasy) (U-WIRE) ATHENS, Ohio -- When Frank Marini comes out of the bathroom of Perks, he looks like a graduate student preparing for an exam, not the president of a national travel company."Sorry, I had to change my shirt," he said. "It's warm

Publication: University Wire