🌱 Woonsocket HS Fight News + Bonjour Printemps At The Museum Of Work

Get on up, Woonsocket; today is World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD)! Let's get you all caught up to start this Saturday, April 2 off on an informed note. Here's everything going on today in Woonsocket.

It’s at a “teacher’s discretion to intervene or not if they witness violence between students.” Also, there’s poutine ahead! Finally, the former Ballou Home for the Aged has sold.

First, today's weather:

Sunny much of the time. High: 53 Low: 34.

Here are the top five stories in Woonsocket today:

1. Woonsocket HS Fight Update: “Administrators and Superintendent Patrick McGee say they want to make it clear that misinformation and social media are to blame for exaggerating issues and causing unnecessary fear among the public.” They refer to “videos and rumors depicting violence” in local schools spreading online. On Thursday, “McGee confirmed that teachers are neither encouraged nor discouraged from getting involved in student altercations, and that it is at the teacher’s discretion to intervene or not if they witness violence between students.” (The Valley Breeze)
2. The Museum of Work & Culture will celebrate Franco-American culture Sunday with Bonjour Printemps. You can participate and “try poutine from some of Rhode Island’s best food trucks! Friskie Fries, Reds Street Kitchen and Bonetown Burgers and BBQ will all be on hand to provide this tasty Quebecois treat! Enjoy live music, local beer and bakery treats from Wrights Dairy Farm.” Festivities go from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Museum of Work & Culture)
3. We learned Wednesday that what used to be the Ballou Home for the Aged has sold for $1 million (it has been valued at $1.3 million). Located at 60 Mendon Road, it “closed down as a 43-bed nursing home with a five-star rating at the end of September last year.” The new owner is EJS Investments Inc. “The buyer will likely be seeking city approval for a renovation of the building to turn it into apartments.” (PBN)
4. What will the City Council be discussing on Monday? There is the “abandonment of a portion of Washington Street.” Also, “the skateboard park located at the Susan D. Menard Middle Schools” needs an upgrade. (City of Woonsocket)
5. The City of Woonsocket is hiring a City Tax Assessor! You have until April 29 to apply for the position that pays $85,000 a year. You need to have “considerable specialized technical knowledge, strong analytical ability, excellent organizational skills, and the capacity to effectively deal with taxpayers.” (City Tax Assessor)

Today in Woonsocket:

• Landlord Education at NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley (9 AM)
• Nanu the Burmese Fusion Truck at Lops Brewing (4 PM)
• North East Groove plays at Black Bar Grille (8 PM)
• Back Alley Pub hosts Karaoke (9 PM)
• Jukebox the Ghost at The Met (9 PM)

From my notebook:

• Are you interested in reserving an icon in honor or memory of a person, family, etc.? St. Michael Ukrainian Orthodox Church still has several opportunities to do so!

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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.