Tag: Johnston
CCRI graduates First Fit2Serve class aimed at preparing recruits for law enforcement careers
WARWICK – The Community College of Rhode Island has graduated the inaugural class of its Fit2Serve: Pathway to Policing program, an eight-week training initiative...
Federal judge voids Johnston’s eminent domain seizure of housing site
JOHNSTON – A federal judge has invalidated the town's attempt to seize a 31-acre property by eminent domain last year, ruling the town failed...
Amazon spends $1B to increase pay and lower health care costs...
NEW YORK (AP) – Amazon says it's making a $1 billion investment to raise wages and lower the cost of health care plans for...
Market Basket appoints Mulligan as interim CEO
PROVIDENCE – Market Basket has promoted Chief Financial Officer Donald T. Mulligan to interim CEO following the firing of longtime leader Arthur T. Demoulas...
Report: Market Basket board fires CEO after mediation efforts fail
PROVIDENCE – Arthur T. Demoulas is out as Market Basket’s CEO and president.
The supermarket company's board of directors unanimously voted Tuesday to remove Demoulas...
Quest Diagnostics opens patient service center inside Johnston CVS
JOHNSTON – Quest Diagnostics and CVS Health Corp. have partnered to open a patient- services center inside the retailer’s location on Putnam Pike.
The new...
Texas company inks multiyear deal to run Johnston power station
JOHNSTON – Texas-based EthosEnergy has signed a multiyear agreement to run the Rhode Island State Energy Center on Shun Pike.
EthosEnergy will provide operation and...
State awards $400K in agricultural energy grants to 23 farms
PROVIDENCE – Twenty-three farms across Rhode Island have been awarded a total of $400,000 in agricultural energy grants, according to Gov. Daniel J. McKee,...
2 R.I. senior communities earn U.S. News’ top honor for independent...
TIVERTON – Brookdale Sakonet Bay and South Kingstown's Brightview Commons were each recognized as best for independent living in U.S. News & World Report’s...
Johnston Town Council votes in favor of land taking by eminent...
JOHNSTON – The Town Council voted unanimously on Thursday to take a developer's land by eminent domain again in yet another chapter of a...



















