CVS founder dies; SK police chief on probation: Top stories from the Journal

Here are some of the Providence Journal articles Most read stories for the week of May 19supported by your subscriptions.

Here are The most read articles of the week on providencejournal.com:

Stanley Goldstein, a Woonsocket boy who grew up in humble beginnings and founded a small company called Consumer Value Stores that became the giant CVS Health corporation, sadly left us Tuesday afternoon at his home in Providence at the age of 89 after being diagnosed with cancer a month ago.

It’s no exaggeration to say that Stanley reshaped part of American retail. When he and his brother Sid founded CVS in 1963, there were virtually no drugstores. Most health and beauty items were sold on supermarket shelves.

Stanley helped change that.

Two years ago, a former state police captain with decades of law enforcement experience, including a stint as Block Island 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 turnover in the police chief position, it seemed as if the South Kingstown Police Department was finally on the path to stability.

But after two years, Moynihan finds himself in a difficult situation.

The president of Tiverton’s firefighters union is suing the fire chief and the city over their attempts to fire him.

Fire Captain David McGovern sued Fire Chief William S. Bailey III after he said he complained about the treatment of employees and members of the department’s leadership expressed a vote of no confidence.

“The actions of Defendant Bailey and the Town of Tiverton in punishing and dismissing Plaintiff David McGovern from his employment as Fire Captain of the Tiverton Fire Department are deliberately designed to stifle his free speech in his capacity as Acting President of Local 1703, in violation of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution,” argues McGovern through his attorney, Edward C. Roy Jr.

This is the second time within a few months that the parties have faced each other in court.

When U.S. Customs and Border Protection closed the Warwick office that processed applications for the Global Entry program for international travelers in 2020, hardly anyone was flying anyway due to the COVID pandemic.

Four years later, air traffic is booming again, and the Jefferson Boulevard office is still closed without much explanation.

The Ocean State’s congressional delegation is now asking President Joe Biden’s administration why frequent flyers from Rhode Island are forced to travel to Boston – or, worse, New York or New Jersey – for an interview.

Rhode Island’s fledgling social justice cannabis law could be thrown into “chaos” by a California woman’s lawsuit, an industry analyst warns.

The lawsuit, filed by Justyna Jensen, alleges that the law, which was specifically enacted to diversify the marijuana industry and support minority groups harmed by the war on drugs, is unconstitutional because it favors one group of potential business participants over another.

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