🌱 HelloFresh Onions + Rev. Richard Desaulniers + Serial FTA

Welcome back, Woonsocket! It's Monday, this is Sylvia filling in, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on in town today.

Meal kits have recalled onions, too. Also, a beloved reverend was honored. Finally, what happens when you have outstanding warrants but ignore them?

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and breezy. High: 58 Low: 38.

Here are the top stories in Woonsocket today:

1. Onion recall update: We’ve already talked about the red, white, and yellow onions from Chihuahua, Mexico that are currently part of a recall. However, they have also found their ways into home meal delivery kits. HelloFresh and EveryPlate are two vendors that are warning customers. (FSN)
2. Rev. Richard Desaulniers, a native of Woonsocket, was honored on Friday for a half-century of service. For three decades, he served as pastor at St. James Parish in Manville. Before that he served at St. Joseph’s in Woonsocket. Although currently retired, the Rev. Desaulniers still celebrates mass. (The Valley Breeze)
3. What happens when you don’t show up for court? Well, the PD will look for you. A 39-year-old Woonsocket woman learned this the hard way when the Warwick PD arrested her on six failures to appear at a variety of courts. It appears shoplifting is her Achilles’ heel. (Warwick Post)
4. Vaccine mandate protesters gave Governor Dan McKee an earful on Saturday. He was visiting a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Hamlet Middle School, when he was greeted with signs reading, “Unmask Our Children” and “Stick That Poison Vaccine . . .” Paul Rianna, one of the more vociferous protesters, caused a brief interruption.(WJAR)
5. Are you missing a black bunny? The adorable creature was found Thursday and taken to the Woonsocket Animal Control Shelter. Please connect with the staff to bring bunny home. (Woonsocket Animal Shelter)

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Today in Woonsocket:

• If you’re buying gas today, head for Consumers at 139 Hamlet Avenue ($3.28), Gulf at 852 Park Avenue ($3.29), or CITGO at 805 Park Avenue ($3.29). (Gasbuddy)

Woonsocket Patch Notebook

• Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park: For centuries, people have used factories as settings for horror stories. In the Blackstone Valley, poet Thomas Man turned to the local landscape for gothic inspiration. (Facebook)
• Woonsocket High School Music Department: Band and Chorus Parents! If any parents/guardians are available to help outfit students on November 2nd (6 pm) or November 3rd (5:30 pm) please fill out the Google form. (Facebook)

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— Sylvia Cochran

About me: Sylvia Cochran works out of sunny Southern California and has been freelance writing full-time since 2005. Her SEO-optimized internet copy includes social media marketing projects and German to English business translations. She loves dogs, cats, books, plays Fishdom (don't judge), embraces social justice, and tries to live out Micah 6:8.

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