🌱Refugees Arrive + New Dog Park +Vets Honor Flight + WHA Trouble

Up and at 'em, Woonsocket! Let's get this Friday started off right. I'm Kathleen Stoddart bringing you news and entertainment from around the town.

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First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy. High: 53 Low: 48.

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Here are the top stories in Woonsocket today:

1. Rhode Island will accept more than 200 refugees from Afghanistan who are fleeing persecution by the Taliban. An interpreter and his family will be the first to arrive next week. Governor McKee urges everyone to welcome the Afghan refugees. (The Wilton Bulletin)
2. River's Edge will be home for the new dog park. The fence is up and our pups will have a place to play by the end of the year. (Valley Breeze)
3. St. Agatha Seniors lists the winners from its October 20th celebration. If you were there, check it out. There's raffle, door prize and pitch winners galore! (Valley Breeze)
4. Three veterans from the towns of Woonsocket, North Smithfield and Millville, Mass., will take part this weekend in the first honor flight sponsored by the Rhode Island Association of Fire Chiefs since COVID-19. Among them is James Cote, a Coast Guard veteran from Woonsocket who served during Vietnam, who will fly out of T.F. Greene on Saturday.(Valley Breeze)
5. Three administrators from the Woonsocket Housing Authority have been placed on paid leave while an investigation into alleged wrongdoing and overspending goes on by an outside legal firm. Some are not surprised after a turnover in the Board of Commissioners appointed by Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt. (Valley Breeze)

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Today in Woonsocket:

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Woonsocket Patch Notebook

• The Woonsocket Animal Control Shelter: A bunny was found hopping around Main Street. If you know anything about this bunny, please contact Woonsocket Animal Control at 401-766-6571. (Facebook)
• RI Hospitality Association: Photos of awesome golfers in the 32nd Annual Golf Classic are on display. The winners are: 1st Place - KG Kitchen, 2nd Place - Chow Fun Food Group and 3rd Place - Ladder 133 (Facebook)
• Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council: RIPEC partners with Edi Tebaldi of Bryant University on the new-and-improved Key Performance Indicators Quarterly Briefing. The Q3 KPI shows that Rhode Island is continuing its recovery of jobs and consumer demand lost due to COVID-19. (Facebook)

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• See the Dave Matthews Tribute Band at the Stadium Theater November 5 (Valley Breeze)
• Full Moon Fever will perform the music of Tom Petty at the Stadium Theater November 6 (Valley Breeze)

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You're all caught up for today with Kathleen Stoddart!

I am a Woonsocket resident with 3 grown kids and 3 dog babies to keep me busy. I love hardware stores and can be seen checking out all the cool stuff. I also work as a local realtor. At Christmas, I love to bake and make baskets of goodies for our service workers and neighbors (using my family as taste testers lol!)

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