🌱 Vaccine Clinic Stops Walk-Ins + Water Main Break On Pelletier

Get on up, Woonsocket, and happy National Whipped Cream Day! Let's get you all caught up to start this day off on an informed note. Here's what's happening around town today.

Vaccines were running low at one clinic. Also, is your water discolored? Finally, Ye Olde English Fish & Chips is the business of the day!

First, today's weather:

Occasional afternoon rain. High: 51 Low: 36.

Here are the top five stories today in Woonsocket:

1. The Woonsocket Vaccine Clinic put on by Thundermist Health reached capacity early Tuesday morning. It stopped accepting walk-in patients for vaccination that day. Operators urge residents to make appointments. (@thundermisthc)
2. There was a water main break Monday afternoon. Crews responded to the area on Pelletier Avenue off of South Main Street. While some customers were left without water, others are warned that they may see “discolored water.” (WJAR)
3. Ye Olde English Fish & Chips in Market Square is WOON’s business of the day for Tuesday. Located at 25 South Main Street, this eatery has been in operation since 1922. It has once been called, “the only place . . . on this side of the Atlantic that approaches the quality and popularity of Ramsden’s,” which is famous for fish and chips in Guiseley, England. (@WoonsocketRadio, 2)
4. We learned Tuesday that the Franklin PD and Walpole PD won the 3rd Annual She Loves Police Gingerbread Contest. Both departments made it through five rounds of voting. They took over the first place honors from last year’s winner, the Warwick PD. (WickedLocal)
5. Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee announced Tuesday that he activated 180 members of the National Guard to “help with the state's response to the latest wave of new coronavirus cases.” They started their duty in Central Falls, where residents encountered “long lines and long waits.” In addition, the Governor “announced six more community vaccination clinics have been scheduled for Wednesday, in Little Compton and East Providence, and two each in Providence and Pawtucket.” (Stamford Advocate)

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Today in Woonsocket:

• After School Movie at the Woonsocket Harris Public Library (3 PM)
• Artist Run Initiatives (online) (4 PM)
• Bronze Steppers (Dance-Based Exercise Class) at the Stadium Theatre (5 PM)
• St. Patrick Academy Girls Varsity Basketball @ MSCA (6:30 PM)
• Lops Brewing Homebrew Club (7 PM)

From my notebook:

• Woonsocket Parks & Recreation announces that registrations are now open for Woonsocket Little League.
• 2nd -5th grade students are invited to join the Woonsocket Harris Public Library for a two-part book discussion, loaded with fun review games! Starting soon, Jan. 12th and 26th, 4:15-4:45pm. (Facebook)
• The Hopedale Women's History Project is seeking stories from and about people who worked for Draper Corporation in Hopedale, Massachusetts. The goal is to collect reminiscences for a book. (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. She loves dogs, cats, books, plays Best Fiends (don't judge), embraces social justice, and tries to live out Micah 6:8.