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Also on today's calendar: The Rhode Island Small Business Coalition Fall Job Fair and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What day of the year is trucker's day? 🤔 (Answer below!)
• Warwick Arrests August '26: DUI, Assault, Hit & Run (warwickpost.com subscription) — Warwick police made 174 arrests in August, including multiple DUI, domestic violence, shoplifting, and assault charges involving local residents. The report highlights several specific Warwick cases and breaks down arrest totals by offense, offering a clear snapshot of crime trends that may affect your neighborhood and daily routines.
• Arbitrator finds TF Green officials lacked cause to fire union leader, awards 2 years back pay (newsfromthestates.com) — An arbitrator has ruled that the longtime union president for police and firefighters at T.F. Green International Airport in Warwick was fired without just cause and should be reinstated with up to two years of back pay. Airport officials, however, are pressing a related court case over alleged security violations, leaving the firefighter's actual return to work and future at the Warwick airport still uncertain.
• There's a name for working families who are surviving but not thriving in Rhode Island: ALICE (newsfromthestates.com) — A new United Way report unveiled at CCRI's Warwick campus finds about 43% of Rhode Island households either in poverty or struggling as ALICE—working but unable to cover basic needs. The study shows how rising costs squeeze families like local construction workers and childcare-dependent parents, and it's expected to shape conversations with employers and lawmakers about better support statewide.
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