Tag: Woonsocket
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...
Woonsocket officials look to burn contracts and sell off regional wastewater...
Woonsocket has had enough.
Enough of the stink that stretches for miles and lingers for days. Enough of the sewage-laden trucks rumbling down local roads....
CVS Health hikes 2025 forecast again, boosted by insurance, pharmacy businesses
CVS Health Corp. topped Wall Street expectations for the second quarter and hiked its full-year forecast again, as the health care giant continued to...
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...
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