Tag: Woonsocket
Leaning on fewer people for more revenue is risky for R.I.
I spend a lot of time walking factory floors, sitting with founders and shaking hands with people trying to build something in Rhode Island.
Not once in those conversations...
R.I. ramps up homebuilding as affordability crisis lingers, latest state snapshot...
Rhode Island’s push to build new homes has gained traction over the last year, but the affordability of existing housing stock still remains a...
Ethan Shorey stepping down as chief editor at The Valley Breeze
LINCOLN – Ethan Shorey, chief editor of The Valley Breeze, will step down on Friday, concluding a 20-year career at the Blackstone Valley newspaper...
R.I. losing more than a business with closure of another foundry
Rhode Island is losing another one.
Friends Foundry Inc. in Woonsocket, VIBCO Inc.’s casting partner since 1974, announced it will cease operations on Jan. 31....
Local shops prepare for Small Business Saturday, holiday shopping blitz
WOONSOCKET – With Small Business Saturday just days away, Rhode Island retailers are gearing up for the annual after-Thanksgiving holiday shopping campaign that encourages...
‘Fish or cut bait,’ federal bankruptcy judge tells prospective buyers for...
Ten months of waiting for the prospective buyer of Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital to close the deal is enough for...
OpenDoors opens expanded emergency shelter in Woonsocket
WOONSOCKET – OpenDoors officially opened a new emergency shelter on Cumberland Street earlier this month.
The facility has 50 beds and provides access to a...
More than 60% of social equity applicants disqualified during screening for...
Only 38% of pre-applicants for a cannabis retail license reserved for those adversely affected by the war on drugs have qualified to submit a...
CVS Health tops Q3 forecasts but absorbs hefty charge for struggling...
CVS Health Corp. rode double-digit sales growth from drugstores and its pharmacy benefits management business to a better-than-expected third quarter.
The health care giant also...
RIPTA gets $500K to boost ridership, support climate goals
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Public Transit Authority has received more than $500,000 in new state funding as part of a broader push to improve...
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