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6 R.I. legislative primaries to watch

Elections 09/09/2024

State legislative contests are scarce this year. But what they lack in number, they make up for in intrigue. From family feuds to a...

STUCK IN NEUTRAL: Woonsocket City Council Vice President Valerie Gonzalez, left, and Michelle Taylor, an official at the nonprofit Community Care Alliance, stand with the “Dignity Bus.” The city used $150,000 of its American Rescue Plan Act aid to purchase the 20-bed emergency shelter for the homeless last year, and the alliance operated it. But funding for ongoing costs ran out and the bus has been dormant since May 31. Gonzalez says more funding is coming.  PBN PHOTO/ PAUL J. SPETRINI

WINDFALL WOES: Some R.I. communities slow to deploy ARPA millions before...

Coronavirus 08/16/2024

When Rhode Island cities and towns were awarded more than $500 million in COVID-19 relief money three years ago, it was a welcome infusion...

Woonsocket finance director fired days after mayor’s resignation

Government 11/15/2023

WOONSOCKET – Cindy Johnston, the city’s finance director, has been fired, Interim Mayor Christopher Beauchamp told WPRI-TV CBS 12 Wednesday. Christine Chamberland has been...

LISA BALDELLI-HUNT, pictured standing outside former Woonsocket water treatment plant along the Blackstone River in 2022, has resigned as mayor of Woonsocket effective immediately. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Woonsocket Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt resigns from office immediately

Government 11/09/2023

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...

Why Woonsocket’s sewage treatment plant can’t afford to fail

Economic Activity 05/30/2023

You smell it before you see it: a faint sour tinge to the breeze blowing out from the Woonsocket Wastewater Treatment Facility. It’s hardly a...

With $3.2M grant, Woonsocket plans for downtown food hub

Economic Activity 02/17/2023

WOONSOCKET – For years, Woonsocket officials have been looking to attract a grocery store into the city, which is considered a food desert. That remains...

CODAC mobile clinic continues to operate despite cease-and-desist order from city

Health Services 01/18/2023

WOONSOCKET – The future of the mobile clinic that has been operating on the property of the nonprofit Community Care Alliance in Woonsocket since...

Woonsocket City Council removes mayor from office

Government 10/06/2022

WOONSOCKET – The City Council has removed Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt from office in a split vote early Thursday morning, WPRI-TV CBS 12 reported. After two...

Report: Woonsocket City Council postpones vote on removing mayor

Government 09/28/2022

WOONSOCKET – The City Council postponed voting Tuesday on a resolution that would have removed Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt from office, WPRI-TV CBS 12 reported. The...