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  • Why a Woonsocket apartment's tiny tax bill is now in court

Also on today's calendar: Join Rock Voices, the community choir that ONLY sings rock music! and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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📰 News we're reading

• $2,925 tax bill on a $3.8M building at center of federal lawsuit against Woonsocket (wpri.com) — Woonsocket officials are fighting a federal lawsuit over a steep tax break granted to a redeveloped Railroad Street apartment building, arguing the former mayor lacked council approval to sign the deal. The dispute could mean taxes jumping from under $3,000 to about $52,000 a year, with city leaders citing missed public hearings and residents' right to weigh in on such incentives.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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