Eviction Moratorium Expires + Man Accused Of Killing Geese

Welcome to the Pawtucket Patch Daily — your quickest way to get caught up on the city's top news stories. I'm your host, Mary Serreze. I can be reached at mary.serreze@patch.com. Feel free to send me your news tips, thoughts, and ideas.

First, today's weather: Mostly cloudy throughout the day. High: 80, low: 61.

Here are the top stories in Pawtucket today:

1. A federal moratorium on evictions expired over the weekend, and a Pawtucket landlord is featured in a national story by the Associated Press. Gabe Imondi, 74, said he's out $20,000, and claimed that government rental assistance meant to keep tenants in their homes never came through. (AP)
2. The Attleboro Animal Shelter says a driver in a gray pickup truck deliberately ran over five geese on Route 123, and that it happened Saturday afternoon near the water treatment plant. Other drivers had stopped to let the geese and goslings pass. (CBS Boston)
3. Elsewhere in Rhode Island, a Coventry women was sentenced to prison Monday in connection with a deadly 2017 hit-and-run. Shannon Holden was accused of striking Sarah Balmforth in Exeter, and leaving the scene in her Jeep. Balmforth was an organic farmer and the daughter of a local veterinarian. (Patch)
4. The demolition of the old East Providence High School has begun. The building will be torn down in phases over the next several months. (WLNE-TV)
5. Rhode Island's tallest building — the so-called "Superman Building" in Providence — is headed for tax sale. The owners of the Industrial National Bank Building owe $440,000 from the fourth quarter of 2020, but they're chalking it up to an oversight. (GoLocalProv)

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August 3 in Pawtucket

• The Pawtucket Dog Park Committee meets at 6:30 p.m. at 835 Armistice Boulevard. (Agenda)
• Head over to Slater Park for a free summer children's performance with Lon Cerel, 6-7 p.m. at the Office Stage.

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About me: Maine native, UMass Amherst Regional Planning alum. Stick-shift driver, explorer. I believe in good government and the public's right to know. Interested in just about everything. I still like paper maps. I can be reached at mary.serreze@patch.com.