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Central Falls Bankruptcy
02/14/2012 - 2:55am
Boston.com
The state-appointed receiver overseeing Central Falls has consolidated the financial and administrative departments of the city and its school district to save money.
02/03/2012 - 4:10pm
Washington Post
Lawmakers representing the struggling city of Central Falls are vowing to fight attempts to make the city pay for the state-appointed receiver now in control of its finances and operations.
02/01/2012 - 3:39pm
ABC News
The cost of the state-appointed receiver and legal fees related to bankruptcy proceedings in the Rhode Island city of Central Falls is nearly $400,000 more this fiscal year than budgeted, and the total spent on the receivership is expected to reach $2.26 million by July.
01/19/2012 - 4:20pm
Boston.com
Dozens of residents in the hard-luck city of Central Falls protested calls to shutter the city's post office Thursday, saying closing the facility would inconvenience residents and deal yet another blow to city pride.
01/15/2012 - 1:23pm
Boston.com
When the state stepped in to take over financially struggling Central Falls in 2010, Rhode Island’s smallest city lost something fundamental: its democratic government. Mayor Charles Moreau would be forced to give back his key to City Hall, and the City Council was relegated to advisory status — unsure for months whether it was even allowed to convene.
01/11/2012 - 7:19pm
Boston.com
The state-appointed receiver overseeing municipal operations in Central Falls is launching an economic development plan designed to expand the city's tax base and promote economic growth.
12/10/2011 - 10:28am
Boston.com
A legislative oversight commission in Rhode Island is looking into the financial problems of the for-profit Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls.
11/29/2011 - 6:39pm
WPRI-TV 12 (blog)
Has Central Falls turned a corner? It’s starting to look that way after a series of positive developments this month.
11/23/2011 - 11:20am
Providence Eyewitness News
The bankrupt city of Central Falls has finally come to an agreement on contract concessions with its three labor unions.
11/23/2011 - 10:27am
GoLocalProv
Governor Lincoln D. Chafee and Central Falls Receiver Robert G. Flanders, Jr. today announced that the Central Falls police, fire, and municipal employees unions have each signed new collective bargaining agreements with the city.
11/23/2011 - 2:56am
The Republic
The Rhode Island appointed receiver in Central Falls has reached a negotiated agreement with the city's public employee unions that saves a little more than $1 million in the current fiscal year.
11/21/2011 - 2:05pm
The Republic
The public library in Central Falls that was temporarily closed because of the city's dire finances is expanding its hours again after receiving a donation from actress Viola Davis and a state grant.
11/21/2011 - 3:38am
The Republic
A legislative panel in Rhode Island is looking into the reasons why a for-profit prison hasn't been making its payments to the cash-strapped city of Central Falls.
11/16/2011 - 6:48am
Boston.com
The receiver charged with pulling Central Falls out of bankruptcy says he will investigate whether the demoted mayor is a resident after selling his home in the city.
11/15/2011 - 9:02am
Providence Business News
Retired police and firefighters from City of Central Falls filed papers last week seeking authority from the bankruptcy court to subpoena information from John Hancock Financial Services Inc., the bankrupt city’s pension fund manager.
11/12/2011 - 11:46am
Providence Eyewitness News (blog)
Mayor Charles Moreau has sold his home in the bankrupt city he nominally leads. Moreau and his wife Kristen sold their 141 Jenks Ave. property to Maurice Jarest on Oct. 7 for $105,000, according to a transaction notice. Its assessed value is $136,600.
11/08/2011 - 7:44am
Boston.com
A lawyer for the state-appointed receiver running Central Falls says the city's financial reorganization now includes cuts in school programs and employee salaries and benefits.
11/01/2011 - 9:54am
Boston.com
Retired police and firefighters and unions representing municipal employees in Central Falls have filed objections in federal bankruptcy court to a state receiver's plan to change their pensions and contracts.
10/07/2011 - 5:47am
WHDH-TV
Actor Alec Baldwin heard about Central Falls’ bankruptcy and decided to make a donation to the local library to help. The actor decided to donate $10,000 to keep the library open.
10/06/2011 - 7:46am
Boston Globe
The library in financially strapped Central Falls says it has so far received $40,000 in a fundraiser and donations, including $10,000 from the Alec Baldwin Foundation.