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1. Taking care of employees allows CVS to best serve customers PUBLISHED IN PRINT: AUG. 5. Woonsocket-based CVS Health Corp. feels a special responsibility to maintain a healthy workplace for its employees. In addition to traditional health care benefits, CVS is emphasizing the mental and physical well-being of its employees, which is particularly important considering the role CVS is playing in the national efforts to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COURTESY BRYANT UNIVERSITY[/caption]
2. R.I. colleges bucking national enrollment decline trends. POSTED ONLINE: AUG. 1. Across the country, colleges and universities are seeing fewer students fill academic halls and dorm rooms over the last few years. But Rhode Island-based colleges, based on early fall enrollment projections, are bucking this trend. Most institutions are anticipating increased enrollments from the previous academic year, with some seeing record-setting first-year attendance.
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COURTESY I-195 REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMISSION[/caption]
3. Trader Joe’s confirms new Providence store POSTED ONLINE: AUG. 3. Trader Joe’s posted on its website identifying the property at 425 South Main St. as a future store, with a “coming soon” notice. An opening date has not been set, but typically announcements about future stores are made a couple months prior to when they open, Nakia Rohde, a company spokesperson, said in an email.
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COURTESY PRESERVE RHODE ISLAND[/caption]
4. R.I.’s oldest home for sale at $540K following $600K renovation project POSTED ONLINE: AUG. 26. Rhode Island’s oldest home, a colonial-style “stone-ender” built in 1696 at 1147 Great Road in Lincoln, was recently listed for sale at $539,900 following a renovation project that cost $60,000 more than that, according to Preserve Rhode Island, a nonprofit that works to save historic properties.
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5. ProJo parent cuts staff after $54M Q2 loss POSTED ONLINE: AUG. 15. Gannett Co., parent of The Providence Journal and other local newspapers, commenced layoffs at several publications Aug. 12, a week after the company reported a $53.7 million loss in the second quarter.
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6. JPMorgan CEO on R.I. expansion plans: ‘We didn’t come here to do 1%’ POSTED ONLINE: AUG. 3.
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7. Breeze Airways to open permanent base at T.F. Green POSTED ONLINE: AUG. 9.
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8. Pawtucket property sells for $958K in record single-family home sale POSTED ONLINE: AUG. 5.
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9. I-195 Commission consultant outlines next step for $4M park pavilion POSTED ONLINE: AUG. 17.
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10. Navigant Credit Union names Orovitz new CEO and president POSTED ONLINE: AUG. 24.
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