Tag: Johnston
RIPTA receives $5M in federal Safe Streets funding
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Public Transit Authority will receive $5 million to develop a Safe Streets action plan covering 29 communities across the state,...
Encompass Health moving ahead with 50-bed hospital in Johnston
PROVIDENCE – The nation’s largest owner of rehabilitation hospitals is coming to Rhode Island now that a legal dispute has ended over its application...
Lifespan opens new urgent care center in Johnston
JOHNSTON – Lifespan Corp. is opening a new urgent care facility in Johnston next week, announced the hospital system on Monday.
The new urgent care...
Coventry nursing home property sells for $7.23M
COVENTRY – The 190-bed Riverview Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center property at 546 Main St. in Coventry was sold recently to a New Jersey-based company...
6 R.I. communities reject cannabis sales; combined $1.4B in local school...
PROVIDENCE – Voters in 25 Rhode Island communities Tuesday approved recreational cannabis sales, while another six rejected allowing pot businesses to set up in...
SEG awards $50K to 11 businesses, nonprofits
PROVIDENCE – Eleven small businesses and nonprofits have been awarded nearly a combined $50,000 under Social Enterprise Greenhouse’s new Microgrant Fund.
The funds of up to...
Rhode Island Medical Imaging negotiating acquisition of competitor XRA
Warwick-based Rhode Island Medical Imaging Inc., the largest private radiology practice in the Ocean State, is on track to grow even bigger as it...
R.I. pushes youth vaccinations, expects approval for children under 12 by...
JOHNSTON – Rhode Island health officials said plans are in place to begin administering COVID-19 vaccines to children under 12 years old this year,...
Johnston Planning Board gives $300M retail distribution center initial approval
JOHNSTON – A $300 million retail distribution facility proposed for Johnston was outlined in greater detail on Tuesday, in a hearing before the Johnston...
Crowd cheers for Citizens Bank’s new corporate campus
JOHNSTON – Citizens Bank unveiled its new corporate campus Tuesday as several hundred employees and supporters – many wearing company green T-shirts - cheered...
