Woonsocket Mayor Sued By ACLU + City Still Last In RI For Shots

Happy Friday, Woonsocket! Here are the most important things happening today in town.

First, today's weather: Partly cloudy throughout the day. High: 86, low: 64.

Here are the top stories in and around Woonsocket today:

1. Woonsocket Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt has been sued by the ACLU of Rhode Island for blocking two constituents on Facebook. The two men argue that the mayor's page is a “digital town hall” and that the First Amendment prevents her from banning people simply because she disagrees with them. City attorney John DeSimone argues that @LISABALDELLIHUNT is the mayor's personal page (AP).
2. A 19-year-old Woonsocket High School graduate will represent the city in the Miss Rhode Island Teen USA competition this weekend in Providence. (The Valley Breeze)
3. North Smithfield Town Planner Tom Kravitz is moving on. His last day for the town will be Friday, Aug. 13. Kravitz has accepted a job as planner for the city of Warwick. (NRINow)
4. Woonsocket still takes first prize as the least-vaccinated community in Rhode Island, followed by Tiverton and Burrillville. (NRINow)
5. A new Rhode Island law will let adopted children access their original birth certificates at the age of 18. Previously, adoptees had to wait until they turned 25. (The Newport Buzz)

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August 6 in and around Woonsocket

• Woonsocket will rededicate a new ballfield to former Mayor Ernest E. Dupre and his son Ernest L. Dupre. (9:30 a.m.)
• Levitt AMP free concert series - Lisa Bello opens for Isaiah Sharkey. (6 p.m.)
• The Assembly Theater in Burrillville presents "Into the Woods," a twisted fairy tale by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine. (7:30 p.m.)

Woonsocket Patch Notebook

• Harmony Fire District: " The Harmony Fire Department would like to wish Private Mike Lyons a very happy birthday!" (Facebook)

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