Tag: City of Woonsocket
ACLU settles false arrest lawsuit of Woonsocket man for $550K
WOONSOCKET – The city has agreed to pay $550,000 to settle a false arrest lawsuit for a homeless man jailed twice for a 2022...
SkillsRI launches Woonsocket Small Business HUB
WOONSOCKET – Skills for Rhode Island’s Future has launched the Small Business HUB to help empower entrepreneurs and small businesses across the city.
Located inside...
R.I. Foundation awards $530K in grants to 23 animal support entities
PROVIDENCE – Twenty-three animal support nonprofits and entities received $530,000 from the Rhode Island Foundation Tuesday to help support a range of services to...
Woonsocket Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt resigns from office immediately
WOONSOCKET – Lisa Baldelli-Hunt, who has served as the city’s mayor for about a decade but ran into recent controversies within the last couple...
State review panel monitoring issues at Woonsocket wastewater plant
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Board of Certification of Operators of Wastewater Treatment Facilities – the seven-member oversight panel that licenses wastewater plant operators –...
R.I. suing Woonsocket, 2 contractors over wastewater plant leaks into Blackstone...
PROVIDENCE – The city of Woonsocket and the two private contractors that operate the city’s wastewater treatment plant will be taken to court by...
With $3.2M grant, Woonsocket plans for downtown food hub
WOONSOCKET – For years, Woonsocket officials have been looking to attract a grocery store into the city, which is considered a food desert.
That remains...
Resh Inc. identifies site in Woonsocket for move to R.I.
WOONSOCKET – Resh Inc., a manufacturing company that plans to move to Rhode Island from Massachusetts, will locate in a newly constructed building near...
R.I. Foundation awards additional $294K to nonprofits through census fund
PROVIDENCE – An additional 37 local nonprofits received a combined $294,000 from the Rhode Island Foundation’s Rhode Island Census 2020 fund in the latest...
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