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The Providence Fruit and Produce Warehouse Company Building was a historic building located at 6-64 Harris Avenue in Providence, Rhode Island.The building, a large three story warehouse facility, was built in 1929 by Jenks & Ballou, architects and engineers, with modest Moderne styling.
United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) is a Providence, Rhode Island–based natural and organic food company. The largest publicly traded wholesale distributor of health and specialty food in the United States and Canada, [3] [4] it is Whole Foods Market's main supplier, with their traffic making up over a third of its revenue in 2018.
In 1882 the first electric arc lights in Providence were installed by the Rhode Island Electric Lighting Company on Market Square and Westminster Street. [ 3 ] On September 7 [ 16 ] (or September 8 [ 17 ] ), 1897, the anarchist and feminist Emma Goldman was arrested for "unlawful open air speaking" and "attracting a crowd" [ 1 ] when she ...
Kutztown was incorporated as a borough on April 7, 1815, and is the second oldest borough in Berks County after Reading, which became a borough in 1783 and became a city in 1847. Like most of Berks County, Kutztown was settled predominantly by Germans, most of whom came from the Palatinate region of southwest Germany, which borders the Rhine river.
Consignment is a process whereby a person gives permission to another party to take care of their property while retaining full ownership of the property until the item is sold to the final buyer. [1] It is generally done during auctions, shipping, goods transfer, or putting something up for sale in a consignment store. [2]
Kutztown University is a member of NCAA Division II and competes in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC). Kutztown won the Dixon Trophy in 2006, [25] which is awarded to the PSAC school with the best overall athletic program that year. Kutztown had placed second in the PSAC rankings in the 2003–04 and 2004–05 school years. [26]
Burrillville was also one of seven towns in Rhode Island where independent candidate Ross Perot finished in second place during the 1992 presidential election. Perot received 2,018 votes (31.47 percent) behind Bill Clinton 's 2,454 votes (38.27 percent) and ahead of George H. W. Bush 's 1,880 (29.32 percent).
The market's location and days of operation were established by a 1952 state law [13] and by a 1978 city ordinance. [14] Vendors are licensed [4]: 41 by the City of Boston Inspectional Services Department. [15] The market is adjacent to the MBTA station of the same name, which is served by two