🌱Retired Detective Robert Brown Passed Away + Daylight Savings

Morning, neighbors! It's me again, Karena Garrity, your host of the Pawtucket Daily.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and windy. High: 64 Low: 43.

Here are the top five stories in Pawtucket today:

1. The Pawtucket Police Department is saddened to learn about the passing of retired Detective Robert J. Brown who served 35 years with the department.(Pawtucket Police Department)
2. Rhode Island may join seven other states in allowing pharmacists to prescribe and dispense birth control products to patients. New legislation was approved by the state's House of Representatives this week. If signed into law, the bill would require that pharmacists complete a training program before writing prescriptions. (Patch)
3. Giving credence to the bill passed recently by the U.S. Senate that would make daylight saving time permanent, Associate Director of the Bradley Hospital Sleep Research Laboratory, Jared Saletin said keeping standard time is better and explained that changing the time twice a year, "... has detrimental effects on mental health. It's even been linked to things like car crashes the day after the time switch." (Turn to 10)

From my notebook:

• Mad Dog Artist Studios: Join the studio Saturday, April 2 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. for the SPring Open Studios. Over twenty studio members will have their studio doors open and ready for visitors.(Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Oakhill: "Black kitten seen on East Ave! Very small and thumbs on her front two paws. Anyone lose this baby? He’s very vocal and super sweet" (Nextdoor)

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— Karena Garrity

About me: I am a URI graduate and I have been a community reporter for the better part of the past 20 years. I love Pawtucket and I am honored to be a part of Patch.com. You can reach me at; karena.garrity@patch.com.