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Also on today's calendar: Liberty Tax Hosts 23rd Electronics Recycling Drive-Up Event with Indie Cycle, LLC and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What day of the year is trucker's day? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. RI extraditing man accused of threatening to feed mayor to woodchipper (providencejournal.com) — East Providence residents are learning that a man accused of making graphic online threats to kill the city's mayor and his family has been arrested in Florida and faces extradition to Rhode Island. Police say the former local lawyer has a history of troubling behavior, and he's now charged with threatening a public official and cyberstalking.
2. Who are the experts picking? Week 2 football ProJo Pigskin Picks (providencejournal.com) — East Providence football fans can see how Providence Journal experts are picking the Townies' upcoming game, along with every other Rhode Island high school matchup this week. The running tally of each picker's record adds extra bragging rights and gives you a sense of which predictions might be worth watching.
3. There's a name for working families who are surviving but not thriving in Rhode Island: ALICE (newsfromthestates.com) — An East Providence family paying $2,500 a month for rent is one example in a new United Way report showing that about 43% of Rhode Island households struggle to cover basic needs despite working. The study labels these residents ALICE—Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed—and highlights how rising housing, childcare, and everyday costs are squeezing working families across the state.
4. Dutch families adopt American servicemen buried overseas (wpri.com) — Filed from East Providence, this TV segment highlights how Dutch families have "adopted" thousands of American servicemen buried in the Netherlands, including a Massachusetts soldier killed in World War II. A Globe Rhode Island reporter with local ties shares his family's connection to one grave and explains the lasting, cross‑Atlantic care shown to these fallen troops.
5. Flock Camera Records Raise RI Driver Privacy Questions (upriseri.com) — A pending lawsuit that includes an arrest made in East Providence is raising fresh questions about how much Flock license-plate cameras actually capture and who can search that data. For East Providence residents, the case highlights how images taken on local roads may be shared across agencies, potentially revealing drivers and passengers despite public assurances that only plates are recorded.
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