Autumnfest To Return To Woonsocket + Pop-Up Vaccine Clinics

Hey, neighbors! Annie Sandoli here with a fresh edition of the Woonsocket Daily. In today's Daily, we share information about the 43rd annual Autumnfest Parade, pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinics, the closure of several Rhode Island beaches to swimming, a bill that would allow students to bring sunscreen to school, and another great white shark tagged in Rhode Island waters.

First, today's weather: Light rain in the evening and overnight. High: 76 Low: 68.

Here are the top stories today in Woonsocket:

1.The 43rd annual Autumnfest Parade will return to Woonsocket this fall after taking a hiatus in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event is scheduled to take place Monday, October 11 on Diamond Hill Road and Social Street and is currently accepting applications from schools, groups, and organizations that wish to participate in this year's parade. (Patch)

2. Pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinics are coming to seven Navigant Credit Union branches across Rhode Island within the next few weeks. The clinics will be set up in the parking lot outside the banks and will be open to all eligible residents. (Patch)

3. Several freshwater beaches at Rhode Island summer camps are closed to swimming due to high bacteria levels. The closure includes the beaches at Camp Hoffman and Kingston Camp on Larkin Pond in Kingston and Camp Canoncicus in Exeter. (Patch)

4. Rhode Island lawmakers have approved legislation that allows students to bring sunscreen to school. The bill exempts sunscreen from rules surrounding medications in schools, which can only be administered by the school nurse. (Patch)

5. The Atlantic Shark Institute has tagged a great white shark in Rhode Island waters for the second time in the last month. The shark was tagged on July 3 in Point Judith. (NBC 10 News)

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— Annie Sandoli

About me: Annie has been a Boston-based writer since 2018, after graduating with her BA in Social Thought and Political Economy from UMass Amherst and ALM in journalism from Harvard University. She has worked as a freelancer throughout Massachusetts and as part of an editorial team in London, UK. Her interests include music and the arts, creative writing and literature, and topics of social and political justice. annie.sandoli@patch.com

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