Food Truck Duo + Speed Bumps + Haunted Quarry Lake

Welcome to the Pawtucket Patch Daily — your quickest way to get caught up on the city's top 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: Humid and partly cloudy throughout the day. High: 87, low: 70.

Here are the top stories in Pawtucket today:

1. Rhode Island economy shows continued signs of recovery.
   The state's economy continues to make a strong comeback from the worst days of the coronavirus pandemic, a University of Rhode Island economics professor said Wednesday. (New Haven Register)
2. Pawtucket man accused in fatal MA hit-and-run appears in Superior Court.
   A man accused of striking two pedestrians and leaving the scene has been indicted. Prosecutors say Thomas A. Roy, 32, was driving in North Attleboro last August when he struck Paul M. Re of South Attleboro, 62, and his girlfriend, Joy St. Hilaire, 60, of Pawtucket. Re died two days later and St. Hilaire was injured. Roy pleaded not guilty in a Fall River courtroom. (Pawtucket Patch)
3. Mother-daughter food truck duo based in Pawtucket.
   Cara Jenness, part-owner of Plouffe's Diner, knows she can count on her daughter as the two drive around Rhode Island. A few years ago the diner, known for its meat pies, expanded with a food truck. (WJAR)
4. New novel inspired by 'haunted' Pawtucket quarry lake.
   Tom Flanagan features Pawtucket in his first novel, “Acapulco,” set to be published this year. “Simon Banks is a paperboy whose life is turned upside down when he and his friends discover an ominous presence at an old quarry lake on the outskirts of town,” reads the book’s synopsis. (The Valley Breeze)
5. Should Pawtucket install portable speed bumps? Ask next door...
   Officials in Pawtucket are doing some research on neighboring North Providence’s practices related to installation of speed bumps, as both communities seek to gain some control of rampant speeding. City Councilor Tim Rudd is checking it out. (The Valley Breeze)

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Thursday, July 15 in Pawtucket:

• Cold Sweat performs at the Daggett Farm Summer Concert Series at Slater Park. "This 6 piece dynamic band covers the best from the 60’s to the present. Their renditions of Uptown Funk, Play That Funky Music and Respect are guaranteed to have you dancing in the aisles." 6-7:30 p.m.

• It's Game Night at the George Wiley Center, 32 East Ave. Bring your own board game. 8 p.m.

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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.