Given all the ways things can go wrong fast on the water and realizing the awful potential should an LNG tanker hit a bridge, a bill requiring 25 feet of clearance between ship top and bridge bottom … more

How do you win an election? You work hard. How do you lose one? You don’t. What sounds so very simple was apparently lost on Democratic candidate and Massachusetts Attorney General … more

Older generations are fond of talking about neighborhoods in the old days. They say there was a time when kids behaved because there were consequences when they didn’t. A kid starting trouble at … more

The new rescue and fire station on Annawamscutt Drive will be a symbol of mismanagement and public excess for many years to come. Though it shelters a corps of hardworking, deserving volunteers, it … more

To nobody’s surprise, a consultant hired by the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority has concluded that Mount Hope Bridge tolls are “feasible.” Consultants usually have a good sense for … more