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Tiny Central Falls, battered by the virus, tells its stories

CENTRAL FALLS (AP) — The beleaguered people of this tiny city moved quickly through the high school gym’s injection stations and then to rest...
A MAN WALKS to clean snow off a car along a row of homes in Central Falls, the community hit hardest by the pandemic in the state. / AP FILE PHOTO/DAVID GOLDMAN

2 hard-hit cities, 2 diverging fates in vaccine rollout

CENTRAL FALLS (AP) – Mario Valdez, his wife and their 18-year-old son were fully vaccinated for COVID-19 this month as part of a special...
PAWTUCKET AND CENTRAL FALLS have hired a consultant to joint economic development plan, workforce and business development assessment and feasibility study. The project will include recommendations for development around the the incoming train station which is being built at the site above. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Pawtucket and Central Falls hire consultant for economic development

PROVIDENCE – Pawtucket and Central Falls have hired McCabe Enterprises to consult on a joint economic-development plan and workforce and business-development assessment, the municipalities...
Joshua Giraldo / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Five Questions With: Joshua Giraldo, Central Falls state representative

Joshua Giraldo | Democratic state representative, Central Falls 1. What role do you think state leaders and elected officials should play in addressing COVID-19?...
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT has appealed a ruling that blocked the U.S. Department of Justice from requiring communities to comply with immigration mandates before receiving federal funding. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

Cities, feds spar in court over immigration requirements

BOSTON (AP) — Two Rhode Island cities and the Trump administration were back in court Wednesday arguing over whether the federal government can require...
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE has granted Central Falls $337,000 to improve school security. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

Central Falls gets $337K from feds for school safety investments

CENTRAL FALLS – The city has been granted $337,000 by the U.S. Department of Justice to address school violence, according to the DOJ Monday. The...

Poyant Acquires Dion Signs of Central Falls, RI.

New Bedford, Ma – August 14, 2019 – Poyant, a leader in building and supporting local, regional and national brands, has acquired Dion Signs,...

Alin Bennett joining the leadership team of the Learning Community Charter...

The Learning Community in Central Falls, RI, a public school known for consistently closing achievement gaps for low-income students and students of color, and...

Central Falls honored for its commitment to trees

CENTRAL FALLS – The city has been named a 2018 Tree City USA by the nonprofit Arbor Day Foundation to honor its commitment in...
AN OPPORTUNE TIME: Pawtucket Mayor Donald R. Grebien speaks at the Slater Mill about the need to develop a comprehensive plan for redevelopment after the Pawtucket Red Sox announced the team was leaving the city. Seated at left is Gov. Gina M. Raimondo, who said the state would work to build tools to help Pawtucket and Central Falls, which will have a new transit center built less than a mile from the historic site.  
 / PBN FILE PHOTO/
MICHAEL SALERNO

With bus/train station coming, redevelopment focus for Pawtucket, Central Falls must...

More than a decade after it was first discussed, ground was broken for a commuter train and bus station in Pawtucket earlier this month,...
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