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🌱 Patch AM: Pawtucket Man Charged With DUI: Cops

Coming up on the Pawtucket Patch calendar: Manufacturing Job Fair

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Hello Pawtucket! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Pawtucket driver faces DUI charge after midnight traffic stop
  • Prospect Heights apartment shot nine times; two Pawtucket suspects arrested
  • How new state grants could boost health careers and care in Pawtucket

Also on today's calendar: Manufacturing Job Fair and 7 more events.

And lastly, we have a post from a neighbor, Alma G.!

Today's riddle: What has a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 80 and low of 55 degrees.
  • Sunday: Warm; an afternoon shower, temps: high: 86, low: 66. 🌶 Hot!
  • Monday: Humid; a p.m. shower or two, with a high of 82 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Pawtucket Man Charged With DUI: Cops (patch.com) — Residents in Pawtucket may want to note that a 46-year-old local man was arrested on Pond Street and charged with driving under the influence, according to Rhode Island State Police. He also allegedly refused a chemical test before being processed, arraigned, and released with a notice to appear in court.
   

2. 2 Arrested After Pawtucket Apartment Riddled With Bullets: Police (patch.com) — People living in Pawtucket's Prospect Heights neighborhood are learning more after nine bullets were fired into a local apartment, including one that entered a child's bedroom and hit a headboard. Police say license plate cameras helped them quickly track a suspect vehicle, leading to the arrests of two people on felony assault and related charges.
   

3. From police training to housing help, where $5.4M will be spent (newportri.com) — More than $5.4 million in Rhode Island Foundation grants will support nonprofits statewide, including two based in Pawtucket. Harbor of Hope Foundation and Blackstone Valley Community Healthcare are receiving funding to expand free CNA training and strengthen local health services, potentially opening more career paths and improving care access for Pawtucket residents.
   

4. 'Past is prologue' at Burbage Theatre this season (independentri.com) — Pawtucket's Burbage Theatre Company is kicking off a new season built around the theme "Past Is Prologue," with five productions plus special Halloween and Christmas shows at its Blackstone Avenue home. The lineup opens Sept. 17–Oct. 11 with Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing," followed by the premiere of "Cheap," a Molière-inspired comedy running Nov. 19–Dec. 6.
   

5. White Stadium won't be ready until 2028 (theixsports.com) — Pawtucket's Centreville Bank Stadium will keep hosting Boston Legacy FC's NWSL home games through the 2027 season while Boston's White Stadium construction stretches to 2028. That means more top-tier women's soccer in the city, after already drawing sellout crowds and staging the venue's first pro women's match earlier this year.
   

📸 Around Pawtucket

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📸 Families waiting to enter Capeverdean American Community Development/CACD last Sat. for a free Back-to-School Backpack/School Supplies Giveaway co-organized with Hearts of Kindness & Unity Project. —Alma G. Like

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Saturday August 29
  • Frank Caliendo →
    Comedy Connection, 39 Warren Ave, East Providence
    6:00 pm
  • Los Tigres Del Norte →
    Amica Mutual Pavilion, 1 Lasalle Sq #1, Providence
    8:00 pm
    • Monday August 31
  • HMIS/CES Office Hours
    Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81075354141?pwd=nkJ0zFv7mN6iiTVAbWt2tfya
    1:00 pm
  • Waddington Welcome Back Event
    East Providence School District East Providence, RI 02914
    4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • I got another call from a home improvement place that's AI talking.
    I get several a week from different numbers and I block them all. Are they legal for harassing people so secretly? They don't answer when I call back… (Nextdoor North Broadway)
  • ***Yard sale Saturday August 29 th!!!!!
    7am-2 ***182 waterman st Pawtucket RI ****A lot of Men's tools and guy stuff Kids toys Houseware goods Costume Jewelry Boys clothes and more (Nextdoor Slater Park)
  • Omni Hotels & Resorts posted a job opening for Housekeeping - Lobby Attendant in Providence. Apply here.
  • O'Reilly Automotive posted a job opening for Merchandiser/Stocker - Hub in Providence. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pawtucket here.

Ok Pawtucket! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A bottle (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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