Woonsocket Elks Vaccine Clinic + 1 Killed In Cranston Crash

Happy Saturday, people of Woonsocket! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening around town today. In today's Daily, we share information about a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Woonsocket Elks Club, a fatal head-on crash in Cranston, the Newport Pell Bridge switching to all-electronic toll collection, a state of emergency extension, and the latest COVID-19 statistics.

First, today's weather: Possible light rain in the morning. High: 78, low: 60.

Here are the top stories today in Woonsocket:

1. The Woonsocket Elks Club will host a free COVID-19 vaccine clinic on Tuesday, July 13 from 10 a.m. to noon. The clinic is sponsored by the Rhode Island National Guard. (Valley Breeze)

2. One person died in a head-on crash late Thursday night in Cranston. The victim was identified as 49-year-old Louis Costa of East Providence. (Patch)

3. The Newport Pell Bridge will switch to all-electronic toll collection in October. The change is being made due to how few drivers opt for cash or card payments at toll booths. (Patch)

4. Gov. Dan McKee signed another extension to Rhode Island's state of emergency, which was set to expire Friday. The extension pushes the new deadline to Aug. 6. (Patch)

5.The Rhode Island Department of Health reported 24 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths on Thursday. The total number of known cases is now 152,748. (NBC 10 News)

Woonsocket Patch Notebook

• Woonsocket Cat Sanctuary, Inc.: "ADOPTED! Cicada was only with us for a few days before finding his forever home. Congratulations to this sweet kitty." (Facebook)

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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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