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Today’s edition · Sat., Nov. 7

Pawtucket plays at Johnston tonight in a D-II playoff game

Plus, more than 200 Roger Williams Medical Center workers are joining a union.

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High School FootballTop story

Pawtucket plays at Johnston at 7 p.m. in a Division II football quarterfinal

Five quarterfinals are set for Saturday

GameTime
Smithfield at Scituate (D-IV)11 a.m.
St. Raphael at Cranston West (D-I)5 p.m.
Mt. Hope at Chariho (D-III)5 p.m.
Woonsocket at Burrillville (D-II)6:30 p.m.
Pawtucket at Johnston (D-II)7 p.m.

Source: The Providence Journal

If you're headed to a game tonight, Pawtucket (the No. 5 seed) travels to No. 4 Johnston for a Division II quarterfinal at 7 p.m. Rain scrambled the schedule: just three games were played Friday night, and five more are set for Saturday.

  • North Kingstown (7-2) plays La Salle next Friday night
  • Nick Stafford: 257 rushing yards on 11 carries
  • Officials called the Central game with 7:55 left

Friday's games went on in the downpour, and North Kingstown's Stafford handled the puddles better than most, scoring four touchdowns in a 34-7 win over Central. East Greenwich beat North Providence 27-0, and Juanita Sanchez/PCD beat North Smithfield 41-6.

North Kingstown and East Greenwich won Friday's rainy quarterfinals

  • Central7
    North Kingstown34
    FinalCalled with 7:55 left after a raft of personal fouls.
  • North Providence0
    East Greenwich27
    Final

Source: The Providence Journal

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Health Care

More than 200 Roger Williams Medical Center workers announce they're joining SEIU 1199NE

If you or someone you know works at Roger Williams Medical Center, here's the news: workers announced Thursday they're joining . Two groups are involved, skilled maintenance workers and service and maintenance workers, including certified nursing assistants, dietary aides, psychiatric technicians, plumbers, electricians and HVAC technicians.

200+Roger Williams workers joining SEIU 1199 New England

The announcement came at a Thursday press conference.

Sources: SteveAhlquist.news, Providence Business News

At the press conference, a skilled maintenance worker said Roger Williams is losing skilled workers because other hospitals pay $8 to $10 more an hour. Another speaker called an 18-cent hourly raise offer "ridiculous."

  • Announced: Thursday, at a press conference
  • Hospital operator:
  • Rhode Island AFL-CIO: 80,000 members, pledged support

Speakers pointed to pay as the reason for organizing

$8 to $10
more an hour at other hospitals, a skilled worker said
18 cents
an hour: the raise a speaker said was offered
6 years
without a raise in some cases, a speaker said

Source: SteveAhlquist.news

Separately, Providence Business News reported that Attorney General Peter F. Neronha's office is demanding another updated strategic plan from Centurion Foundation, which operates Roger Williams and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital. Centurion submitted a revised plan five weeks ago at his request.

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News Notes

Comic Con

Rhode Island Comic Con opened Friday in downtown Providence. Thousands gathered at the Rhode Island Convention Center and Amica Mutual Pavilion, and the event extends into the Omni Hotel. WJAR

Seekonk

Voters at Monday's fall town meeting face a proposed ban on data centers and another request for funding to build a new fire station in the south end. The 21-article meeting begins at 6 p.m. in the high school auditorium on Arcade Avenue. The Sun Chronicle

Attleboro

No. 8 Bishop Feehan shut out No. 9 North Andover 29-0 in the rain at McGrath Stadium on Friday night. The Sun Chronicle

Bishop Feehan shut out North Andover in the rain

  • North Andover0
    Bishop Feehan29
    Final

Source: The Sun Chronicle

Baby sloth

Roger Williams Park Zoo's sloth Fiona welcomed her fifth baby, Bhodi, on Oct. 28. FUN 107

Home

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Around Rhode Island

Judges

Gov. Dan McKee sent three more judicial nominations to Senate leaders Friday. Debra Saunders is nominated for chief judge of the District Court, and Denise Cassisi Finkelman and Carly B. Iafrate for associate justices on the Superior Court. Rhode Island Current

3judicial nominations McKee sent to Senate leaders Friday

Two Superior Court justices and a District Court chief judge.

Source: Rhode Island Current

Retsinas

Nicolas P. Retsinas, a lifelong Rhode Islander and leader in local and national housing policy, has died at 79 after an extended illness. Providence Business News

Measles

The CDC announced Thursday that confirmed measles cases have surpassed 5,000 nationwide for the first time since the 1990s. Dr. Olutosin Ojugbele of the Rhode Island Department of Health talked with 12 News about the importance of getting vaccinated. WPRI.com

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Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.

— Cesar A. Cruz

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Pawtucket plays at Johnston tonight in a D-II playoff game

Plus, more than 200 Roger Williams Medical Center workers are joining a union.

The TLDR

  1. Pawtucket plays at Johnston at 7 p.m. in a D-II quarterfinal
  2. More than 200 Roger Williams workers are joining SEIU 1199NE
  3. Seekonk town meeting Monday: data center ban and a fire station
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