Nightclubs Face Hearings + Pawtucket Plastics Company Grows

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: Humid and partly cloudy throughout the day. High: 88 Low: 74.

Here are the top stories in Pawtucket today:

1. A man in his 70s was killed Monday in a crash on Mendon Road in Cumberland. Police said the man, heading north in a VW at around 1 p.m., crossed into the oncoming lane and hit a BMW head-on. The other driver was hospitalized. The Providence Journal (subscription) tracked down the details.
2. Governor Dan McKee has ordered all health care workers in state-licensed facilities to get vaccinated by October 1. (WJAR)
3. Did Brown University fail to protect female students from sexual assault? A new federal class action lawsuit claims the Ivy League school discouraged women from reporting sexual misconduct and promoted a "code of silence." (WBUR)
4. Fifteen members of the General Assembly are fighting rate hikes proposed by Blue Cross Blue Shield, Neighborhood Health Plan, UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, Cigna and Tufts Health. In a letter to Health Insurance Commissioner Patrick Tigue, the lawmakers said higher health care costs would hurt working people, especially those in the urban core of Providence, Central Falls, and Pawtucket. (UpRiseRI)
5. A Pawtucket plastics company is growing. Teknor Apex, founded in 1924, has absorbed Dorum Color of Akron, Ohio. Dorum provides custom colors for a full spectrum of polymer products. (Plastics Today)

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August 11 in Pawtucket

• Three local nightclubs will undergo formal disciplinary hearings before the city's Board of License Commissioners. Pawtucket police brought complaints against the Vibe Lounge, International Club & Billar, and Mangos. 6:45 p.m. (Agenda)
• The Pawtucket City Council meets at 7 p.m. with a full agenda.
• Tune in at 6 p.m. to catch the claims, finance, and ordinance committees.

Pawtucket Patch Notebook

• Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket: "We are excited to welcome Christopher Graham to our team!" (Facebook)
• Tri-County Community Action Agency: "This week we celebrate #NationalHealthCenterWeek." (Facebook)

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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.