Tag: Woonsocket
CVS to close Woonsocket office building, relocating 90 workers to corporate...
WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp. is vacating one of its office buildings on the outskirts of downtown Woonsocket amid the pharmacy giant's ongoing efforts...
State receives $26M in federal funding for public housing
PROVIDENCE – Housing authorities in 24 communities across the state will receive $26.3 million in federal funding through the Public Housing Capital Fund, U.S....
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,...
Woonsocket building arsonist gets 5 years in federal prison
WOONSOCKET – A man indicted in December 2019 on a charge of arson for allegedly breaking into a mill-type building and setting fires in...
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...
2 R.I. school districts awarded $9.8M for electric buses
WASHINGTON (AP) – Two Rhode Island school districts were awarded $9.8 million combined Wednesday from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean School Bus...
CVS Medicare Advantage business takes quality rating hit
CVS Health Corp. shares tumbled early Friday after the company said a big Medicare Advantage plan took a hit in government quality ratings about...
Woonsocket City Council removes mayor from office
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
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...
R.I. home prices climb again in August amid slowing sales
WARWICK – The median price of single-family homes sold in Rhode Island continued to climb in August, rising 3.9% year over year, while sales...
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