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5/5/2021 Bernon Mills project ‘huge push forward’ for downtown A new plan to redevelop the Bernon Mills, a 3.9-acre former textile complex on the Blackstone River, offers promise for the city’s downtown. (Breeze photo by Lauren Clem) Mixed-use development will bring ‘human capital’ to Main Street WOONSOCKET – A new project pitched by a New York-based developer is poised to become one of the largest mill redevelopments in the city and will almost certainly reshape the economic prospects of the city’s downtown. Brisa Development, an associate of Brisa Builders Corporation, has sub...

Rhode Island: Urge Your State Legislators to Protect Animals Killed for Their Fur This action is for Rhode Island residents only. February 21, 2021 On fur farms, animals like foxes and minks are confined to tiny wire cages for virtually their entire lives. Unable to engage in most of their natural behaviors, these animals routinely resort to self-mutilation, obsessive pacing, and infanticide. Undercover investigations on fur farms have uncovered egregious cruelty — including animals being skinned alive. The Rhode Island legislature is considering a bill, HB 5188, that would ban the...