Greek Festival Returns + Vietnam Era Veteran Remembered

Happy Friday. 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 mostly cloudy throughout the day. High: 90, low: 71.

Patch Pick: A popular Greek festival is returning to Pawtucket. Organizers say the weekend of August 20-22 will be just like a Greek village glendi. (Pawtucket Patch)

Here are the top stories today in Pawtucket:

1. The Blackstone Valley National Heritage Corridor seeks volunteers.
   Head over to the Slater Mill today (Friday) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for a volunteer pop-up event. You, too, could be a historic site tour guide. Other opportunities abound. (Pawtucket Patch)
2. Is Lincoln's political sign ordinance unconstitutional?
   Signs are popping up in Lincoln ahead of a September special election. But under the current ordinance, signs aren't supposed to go up so soon. Looks like parts of Lincoln's sign ordinance won't be enforced. (The Valley Breeze )
3. U.S. Navy Veteran Donald David McNaughton, Sr. has died at the age of 82.
   McNaughton, a Pawtucket resident, served aboard the USS Beatty during the Vietnam era. He was a member of Newman Congregational Church in Rumford. He worked as a machinist for Taco, Inc. in Cranston before retiring. In his earlier days, he was a volunteer fireman for the town of Lincoln. He enjoyed camping and was an animal lover.(GoLocalProv)
4. Charges have been filed in connection with the death of a Woonsocket motorcyclist.
   Rudy Maldonado, 31, was killed Wednesday evening while riding his motorcycle on Rt. 146 in Providence. Now a Providence woman has been charged with DUI and driving to endanger resulting in his death. (WPRI.com)
5. A nonprofit plans to sue the RISPCA, claiming the shelter unethically euthanized a dog.
   An organization that gives K9 officers a second chance plans to sue the Rhode Island Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Jim Lamonte, owner of the Seekonk-based K9 PTSD Center, accuses the RISPCA of putting the dog down even though the organization offered to take him in. (WPRI.com)

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Today in Pawtucket

• On every third Friday, its Trachtenabend. The German American Cultural Society of Rhode Island invites members and guests to break out their finest “Trachten” – Lederhosen and Dirndls! 6 p.m., 78 Carter Ave.

Pawtucket Patch Notebook

• Mayor Donald Grebien attended a "First Book Event" at Nathanael Greene Elementary, along with a host of dignitaries. (Facebook)

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About me: Maine native, UMass Amherst Regional Planning alum. Stick-shift driver, explorer. Ibelieve 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.