By Thomas J. Morgan
A year ago today:
The planned runway extension at T.F. Green Airport is likely stalled for a year or more now that the Warwick City Council has decided to challenge the Federal Aviation Administration's approval of the project, airport head Kevin Dillon says.
5 years ago today:
A New York investment company has become the first to propose developing extensive wind farms off Rhode Island's shore. It plans to erect 235 to 338 large wind turbines in state waters just off Watch Hill, Block Island and Little Compton.
25 years ago today:
The Coast Guard, searching for the missing Newport lobster boat Reliant, off Nantucket, finds the vessel's only life raft, partially inflated, but no sign of the boat's five crewmen.