THE R.I. FIRE SAFETY Code Board of Appeal and Review will require Care New England to maintain its Memorial Hospital site as part of the hospital’s closure plan. /COURTESY CARE NEW ENGLAND.
PROVIDENCE — Care New England’s plan to board up the former Memorial Hospital with 750 sheets of plywood and shut off power to the building will not be allowed by the R.I. Fire Safety Code Board of Appeal and Review, the City of Pawtucket announced Wednesday. The board will instead require Care New England to maintain…