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1. Music, dancing: Restaurant owners say they need a change in Providence POSTED ONLINE: DEC. 13. Providence City Council President Rachel M. Miller has put on hold a proposal to loosen music and dancing restrictions at restaurants citywide after some residents expressed fears about increased noise, but restaurant owners say they’ll continue to lobby for changes, insisting that they need them to attract customers.
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2. CVS issues notice of another round of layoffs as part of plan to cut 2,900 jobs POSTED ONLINE: NOV. 29. CVS Health Corp. notified state labor officials that it is laying off 796 employees as part of its plans to cut 2,900 jobs companywide. Twelve of those employees work in Rhode Island, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification sent to the R.I. Department of Labor and Training on Nov. 25.
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3. Historic East Side home with indoor pool sells for $3.65M POSTED ONLINE: DEC. 27. A historic home with an indoor pool on the East Side of Providence recently sold for $3.65 million, according to Compass Providence, which represented the seller. The 137 Grotto Ave. home, known as the Frank Mauran Jr. House, was constructed in 1929.
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4. R.I. Life Index drops to 57, the lowest score since 2019 POSTED ONLINE: DEC. 11. Rhode Island earned an overall Life Index score of 57 on a scale of 0 to 100 in 2024. The index, an annual survey funded by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island and in partnership with the Brown University School of Public Health, measures how Rhode Islanders feel about several health and social issues.
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5. Providence College names 5 new trustees POSTED ONLINE: DEC. 20. The head of Women & Infants Hospital, the president of the Shah Family Foundation and the former leader of General Electric Co.’s capital interest rate management team are among the five new members recently elected to Providence College’s board of trustees.
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6. Waterfront home in South Kingstown sells for $3.5M POSTED ONLINE: DEC. 20.
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7. Report: Nexstar’s layoffs include some WPRI-TV employees POSTED ONLINE: DEC. 16.
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8. UNFI to lay off 121 employees tied to Lincoln office POSTED ONLINE: NOV. 29.
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9. With or without Macy’s, what’s going to happen at Providence Place? POSTED ONLINE: NOV. 29.
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10. Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Flynn Foundation announce pediatric oncology nursing fellowship POSTED ONLINE: DEC. 6.
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