CVS founder's death; SK police chief on probation; Global Entry gone: Top stories this week
Here are some of The Providence Journal's most-read stories for the week of May 19, supported by your subscriptions.
Providence is moving toward eliminating the homestead exemption for taxpayers and on Tuesday, the bill supported by Mayor Brett Smiley passed the House after earlier clearing the Senate, sending it to Gov. Dan McKee's desk to be signed into law. Here's a look at what this will mean for taxes in Providence.
Was there really a nuclear explosion in Rhode Island years and years ago? That was the question posed in this week's What and Why RI and the answer is yes. Relive the incident that led to the death of one employee, weeks of the Wood River Junction being closed for cleanup and ultimately no fines for the facility's owners.
For the past five years if you were looking for a taste of France in Providence a trip to Ellie's Bakery on Weybosset was in order. Now, you'll need to change the address in your GPS as Ellie's is on the move. See where they're going and why they're moving.
The high school spring sports playoffs are heating up. For the latest college and high school sports, go to providencejournal.com/sports.
Here are the week's top reads on providencejournal.com:
Stanley Goldstein helped create CVS. Here's why his family says he won't be forgotten.
Stanley Goldstein, a kid from Woonsocket who grew up humbly and founded a tiny company called Consumer Value Stores that grew into the gigantic CVS Health corporation, sadly left us Tuesday afternoon at his Providence home at age 89 after being diagnosed with cancer a month ago.
It is no overstatement to say that Stanley reordered a part of American retailing. When he and his brother Sid created CVS in 1963, drugstores basically didn’t exist. Most health and beauty items were sold in grocery aisles.
South Kingstown police chief on probation after accreditation loss; union votes 'no confidence'
Two years ago, a former state police captain with decades of law-enforcement experience, including a stint as Block Island's police chief, took command of the South Kingstown Police Department.
Chief Matthew Moynihan's new boss was South Kingstown Town Manager James Manni, a former superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police.
After a period of changeover at the police chief's position, it seemed that the South Kingstown Police Department was finally headed toward stability.
But Moynihan has hit a rocky patch two years in.
President of Tiverton's firefighters' union sues the town and fire chief. Here's why.
The president of the Tiverton firefighters’ union is suing the fire chief and the town over their attempts to fire him.
Fire Captain David McGovern sued Fire Chief William S. Bailey III after he says he complained about the treatment of employees and members voted no confidence in the department's leadership.
“The actions of the defendants, Bailey and the Town of Tiverton, in punishing and terminating the plaintiff, David McGovern, from his employment as a fire captain with the Tiverton Fire Department are intentionally designed to prevent his free speech, in his capacity as the acting president of Local 1703, in violation of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution,” McGovern argues through lawyer, Edward C. Roy Jr.
It is the second time in a matter of months that the parties have battled in court.
What happened to Rhode Island's Global Entry Center for international air travelers?
When U.S. Customs and Border Protection closed the Warwick office that processed applications to its Global Entry program for international travelers in 2020, barely anyone was flying anyway with the COVID pandemic in full effect.
Four years later, air travel is booming again, and the office on Jefferson Boulevard remains shuttered with minimal explanation.
A California woman's lawsuit may throw RI's retail pot industry into 'chaos.' Here's how.
Rhode Island's fledgling social-equity cannabis law may be thrown into "chaos" because of a lawsuit filed by a California woman, an industry analyst says.
The lawsuit, filed by Justyna Jensen, contends that the law, which was written specifically to diversify the marijuana industry and help minority groups hurt by the war on drugs, is unconstitutional because it favors one group of prospective business participants over another.
The law “deprives individuals, including plaintiff, of equal protection by preventing her from qualifying as a social equity applicant based on her area of residence,” Jensen says in her lawsuit, filed last week against the state Cannabis Control Commission in U.S. District Court, Providence.
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