ROCKPORT — Residents are remembering a man who was at times thought of as the “senior statesman” of the Rockport political world. Former Selectman Nicola “Nick” Barletta died Monday. He was 96.

Two construction companies being sued by the state of Rhode Island over the Washington Bridge closure are firing back with their own accusations. They're blaming the Rhode Island Department of ...

Barletta Pontoon Boats, a wholly-owned Winnebago Industries subsidiary, has again received the Boating Industry’s Top Products Award. This annual award highlights 50 of the most innovative marine ...

Presque Isle State Park offers free, hour-long pontoon boat tours of the lagoons and Misery Bay. Registration is first-come, first-served, beginning 15 minutes before each tour at the pontoon station.

Barletta Heavy Division has agreed to pay an unprecedented $11 million to settle a civil case involving illegal dumping of tons of contaminated fill during construction of a Providence, R.I., highway ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A construction firm involved in the redevelopment of the Route 6/10 Connector in Providence has admitted to deliberately importing contaminated soil from out of state and ...

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The Massachusetts construction company that built the new Routes 6 and 10 interchange in Providence has agreed to pay $11 million to settle state criminal charges it used contaminated soil on the ...

Of the $11 million Barletta is paying to settle the case, $10 million of it will not go to the state, but to the Rhode Island Foundation for a "Rhode Island Attorney General's Children's Fund," Stone ...

Canadian electric propulsion specialist Vision Marine continues to graduate beyond advanced outboard motors into a provider of all-electric boats. This month, Vision introduced two new electric ...

NAHANT — Town Administrator Tony Barletta has announced that, effective July 1, he will be moving on to a new position as the town administrator for Manchester-by-the-Sea. Barletta stepped into the ...

MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA — Nahant’s town administrator has been tapped to fill the role in Manchester-by-the-Sea Tony Barletta was chosen by a 4-1 vote of the Select Board on Monday evening as the person ...