🌱 Miss Lorraine Diner Now 'Historic' + RI Census Controversy

Hello, neighbors! Nicole Fallon-Peek here with a fresh Pawtucket Daily.

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First, today's weather:

Plenty of sun. High: 53 Low: 31.

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Here are the top stories today in Pawtucket:

1. A Pawtucket has received federal recognition for its significance to the history of architecture, commerce, and industry. The recently-restored Miss Lorraine Diner, formerly known as Donwell's Diner, was built in 1941 and is a rare surviving example of a "semi-streamliner" diner, an important building type that influenced the design of American fast-food restaurants. The Mineral Spring Avenue eatery was added to the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service on Friday and is the fifth Rhode Island diner to receive this recognition. (EIN Presswire)
2. Recently released court documents show that the four men who kidnapped a Pawtucket postal worker in June did so because they thought he stole their cocaine. Several members of the drug trafficking conspiracy, who were indicted this week for the abduction, had allegedly surveilled U.S. Postal employees in an effort to identify and follow a postal worker they mistakenly believed had delivered a parcel in Pawtucket. The letter carrier was kidnapped at gunpoint but was returned unharmed to his postal truck after the men realized he knew nothing about their missing cocaine. (Pawtucket Patch)
3. Controversies are arising over the counting of prison inmates as Rhode Island state legislators attempt to redraw political maps for the next decade. For centuries, prisoners have been counted by the U.S. Census as residents of the city where they are incarcerated, rather than their actual hometowns. In Rhode Island, for instance, 15 percent of Cranston's population is comprised of inmates at the Adult Correctional Institution, but last year, nearly 12 percent of those prisoners were released to their hometown of Pawtucket. Opponents of this counting system argue that it leads to an "unfair advantage" for Cranston lawmakers and voters. (10 WJAR)
4. A commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the death of James McNally Wilson, one of the Catalpa Six, is happening at 1 p.m. today in Saint Mary's Cemetery (103 Pine Street, Pawtucket). The commemoration will be followed by a celebration of the lives of Catalpa escapees at 2 p.m. at Galway Bay Pub at 156 S Bend St. (Irish Echo)

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Today in Pawtucket:

• Bilingual Story Class - Pawtucket Public Library (10:30 AM)

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— Nicole Fallon-Peek

About me: Nicole Fallon-Peek is a journalist and copywriter with a degree in Media, Culture and Communication from New York University. She has served as a freelance reporter, managing editor, copy editor, and editorial director for a variety of B2B news outlets. She currently co-owns and operates content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.