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 "city": "Pawtucket",
 "state": "Rhode Island",
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 "attribution": "MyTown / The Boring Parts — CC BY 4.0. Summaries AI-generated from official sources.",
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 "generated": "2026-07-23",
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  {
   "date": "2026-07-22",
   "body": "City Council",
   "headline": "Council to consider $4,379.01 pothole claim and Parks Commission reappointments",
   "summary": "The Pawtucket City Council will review the minutes from the July 8, 2026 meeting. It will consider a claim for damages that includes a $4,379.01 pothole claim and a slip‑and‑fall claim with no amount specified. The council will also vote on the reappointment of three members to the Parks Commission.",
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  {
   "date": "2026-07-22",
   "body": "License Commissioners Session",
   "headline": "License petition for Island Rhodes Music Festival at Tidewater Landing",
   "summary": "The Pawtucket Board of License Commissioners will review the minutes from July 8 2025 and items on the consent agenda. The meeting includes a series of license petitions, primarily for entertainment events such as the Island Rhodes Music Festival at 11 Tidewater Street on August 15‑16 2026. Additional petitions cover festivals, liquor‑license expansions, sign‑permit renewals, waste‑hauler renewals, and victualling‑house transfers. The board will also receive a communication from the police department regarding a permit issue at Picos Hookah Lounge.",
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   "minutes_url": null,
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  {
   "date": "2026-07-08",
   "body": "City Council",
   "headline": null,
   "summary": null,
   "agenda_url": null,
   "minutes_url": "https://clerkshq.com/Content/Pawtucket-ri/council/2026/jul08_26cc.htm",
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  {
   "date": "2026-07-08",
   "body": "License Commissioners Session",
   "headline": "Board postpones Harmony Dog Training kennel renewal hearing to Aug 5",
   "summary": "The Pawtucket Board of License Commissioners approved several license renewals, including public laundries and waste haulers, and granted a new entertainment license for the Kretcheu Festival. It denied an entertainment license application for a Cabo Verde event at 248 Weeden Street. The Board also postponed the renewal hearing for Harmony Dog Training's kennel license to August 5, 2026, and set a formal hearing on that date.",
   "agenda_url": "https://clerkshq.com/Content/Pawtucket-ri/license/2026/jul08_26lc.htm",
   "minutes_url": null,
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  {
   "date": "2026-06-24",
   "body": "City Property Committee",
   "headline": "Committee to consider easement request from Cox Communications",
   "summary": "The City Property Committee will meet to discuss a request from Cox Communications. The committee is considering a grant of easement for Main Street Plaza.",
   "agenda_url": "https://clerkshq.com/Content/Pawtucket-ri/subcommittees/2026/jun24cp_26dk.htm",
   "minutes_url": null,
   "source": "https://clerkshq.com/Pawtucket-ri"
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  {
   "date": "2026-06-24",
   "body": "Committee of the Whole Meeting",
   "headline": "City Council to discuss Hasbro Industries litigation in executive session",
   "summary": "The joint Finance Committee and Committee of the Whole will hold a public input period and receive a communication from Tax Assessor Robert Burns concerning several Hasbro Industries cases. The meeting will include an executive‑session segment to consider the pending litigation under Rhode Island law. No formal actions are listed on the agenda.",
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   "minutes_url": null,
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  {
   "date": "2026-06-24",
   "body": "City Council",
   "headline": null,
   "summary": null,
   "agenda_url": null,
   "minutes_url": "https://clerkshq.com/Content/Pawtucket-ri/council/2026/jun24_26cc.htm",
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  {
   "date": "2026-06-24",
   "body": "License Commissioners Session",
   "headline": "Pawtucket approves temporary extended hours for 2026 FIFA World Cup",
   "summary": "The Board of License Commissioners approved extended operating hours until 2:00 a.m. for several establishments on June 26 and July 2, 2026. The board also approved various entertainment, peddler, and laundry licenses and scheduled a formal hearing for a business regarding hours violations.",
   "agenda_url": "https://clerkshq.com/Content/Pawtucket-ri/license/2026/jun24_26lc.htm",
   "minutes_url": null,
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  {
   "date": "2026-06-24",
   "body": "Finance Committee",
   "headline": "Finance Committee to consider $43,552.03 in tax abatements",
   "summary": "The Finance Committee will meet to discuss and consider a resolution regarding tax abatements. The proposal covers motor vehicles, real estate, and tangible personal property for the first quarter of 2026.",
   "agenda_url": "https://clerkshq.com/Content/Pawtucket-ri/subcommittees/2026/jun24fn_26dk.htm",
   "minutes_url": null,
   "source": "https://clerkshq.com/Pawtucket-ri"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-06-10",
   "body": "Claims Committee",
   "headline": "Committee reviews vehicle and property damage claims",
   "summary": "The Pawtucket City Council Committee on Claims and Pending Suits will meet on June 10, 2026 to discuss and consider specific claims. The agenda includes a public input period followed by review of vehicle claims and property damage claims submitted by individual claimants. One property damage claim (Gregory W. Smith) was postponed at the May 6, 2026 meeting.",
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   "minutes_url": null,
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  },
  {
   "date": "2026-06-10",
   "body": "City Property Committee",
   "headline": "City Property Committee to discuss easement request at 192 Columbus Ave.",
   "summary": "The Pawtucket City Property Committee will meet to discuss an easement request for 192 Columbus Ave. The meeting will be held at the Pawtucket Municipal Annex and includes a public input period.",
   "agenda_url": "https://clerkshq.com/Content/Pawtucket-ri/subcommittees/2026/jun10cp_26dk.htm",
   "minutes_url": null,
   "source": "https://clerkshq.com/Pawtucket-ri"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-06-10",
   "body": "City Council",
   "headline": null,
   "summary": null,
   "agenda_url": null,
   "minutes_url": "https://clerkshq.com/Content/Pawtucket-ri/council/2026/jun10_26cc.htm",
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  },
  {
   "date": "2026-06-10",
   "body": "License Commissioners Session",
   "headline": "Board approves $650,000 Stateline Wine & Spirits liquor license transfer",
   "summary": "The Pawtucket Board of License Commissioners approved the Class A liquor license transfer for Stateline Wine & Spirits at 880 Central Avenue, with a purchase price of $650,000, subject to settlement of pending objections. The Board also approved expanded operating hours for several venues during the 2026 FIFA World Cup dates and denied or postponed other hour‑expansion requests. Additional approvals included entertainment event licenses, multiple public laundry renewals, and a Class B auto‑repair and second‑hand shop license for Luis Auto & Tire Service.",
   "agenda_url": "https://clerkshq.com/Content/Pawtucket-ri/license/2026/jun10_26lc.htm",
   "minutes_url": null,
   "source": "https://clerkshq.com/Pawtucket-ri"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-05-28",
   "body": "City Council",
   "headline": null,
   "summary": null,
   "agenda_url": null,
   "minutes_url": "https://clerkshq.com/Content/Pawtucket-ri/council/2026/may28_26cc.htm",
   "source": "https://clerkshq.com/Pawtucket-ri"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-05-28",
   "body": "License Commissioners Session",
   "headline": "Board approved fireworks license for Centreville Bank Stadium on June 6, 2026",
   "summary": "The Pawtucket Board of License Commissioners held a special session on May 28, 2026. A communication from Chair Mercer calling the session was read and filed. The board unanimously approved a petition for a license to conduct fireworks at Centreville Bank Stadium, 11 Tidewater Street, after a Rhode Island FC game on Saturday, June 6, 2026, from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.",
   "agenda_url": "https://clerkshq.com/Content/Pawtucket-ri/license/2026/may28_26lc.htm",
   "minutes_url": null,
   "source": "https://clerkshq.com/Pawtucket-ri"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-05-20",
   "body": "License Commissioners Session",
   "headline": "Excelso Café & Bakery liquor license postponed pending 200‑ft distance check",
   "summary": "The Board approved its May 6 record, the consent agenda and numerous entertainment and victualling licenses, including festivals at Payne Park, 342 Barton Street, and 100 Main Street. It approved one‑day liquor‑license expansions for El Gran Jaguar Restaurant and Rock’s Bar. The license for Excelso Café & Bakery (Class B victualler) was postponed until June 10 to verify the required 200‑foot distance from a place of worship. All actions were taken by unanimous voice vote.",
   "agenda_url": "https://clerkshq.com/Content/Pawtucket-ri/license/2026/may20_26lc.htm",
   "minutes_url": null,
   "source": "https://clerkshq.com/Pawtucket-ri"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-05-20",
   "body": "City Council",
   "headline": null,
   "summary": null,
   "agenda_url": null,
   "minutes_url": "https://clerkshq.com/Content/Pawtucket-ri/council/2026/may20_26cc.htm",
   "source": "https://clerkshq.com/Pawtucket-ri"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-05-20",
   "body": "Committee of the Whole Meeting",
   "headline": "City Council to consider 2026-2027 operating and capital budget ordinances",
   "summary": "The joint Finance Committee and Committee of the Whole will meet on May 20, 2026 at the Pawtucket Municipal Annex. The meeting will discuss and consider the Annual Operating Budget Ordinance for 2026-2027, the Capital Budget Ordinance for 2025-2026, and the Capital Improvement Program Ordinance for 2027-2031. Council President Terrence E. Mercer and Finance Committee Chair Mark J. Wildenhain called the meeting.",
   "agenda_url": "https://clerkshq.com/Content/Pawtucket-ri/subcommittees/2026/may20cl2_25dk.htm",
   "minutes_url": null,
   "source": "https://clerkshq.com/Pawtucket-ri"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-05-20",
   "body": "Finance Committee",
   "headline": "Finance Committee will consider repealing and replacing pay rate schedule for Local 3960",
   "summary": "The Finance Committee meeting on May 20, 2026 includes a public input period where residents may submit testimony by email or join via Zoom. The committee will consider an ordinance that repeals and replaces the schedule of pay rates for Local 3960 under Section §88-12 of the city code, adding a Maintenance Coordinator position. No other agenda items are listed.",
   "agenda_url": "https://clerkshq.com/Content/Pawtucket-ri/subcommittees/2026/may20fn_26dk.htm",
   "minutes_url": null,
   "source": "https://clerkshq.com/Pawtucket-ri"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-05-12",
   "body": "Budget Workshop Session",
   "headline": "Pawtucket City Council to hold FY'27 budget workshop",
   "summary": "The City Council and Finance Committee will conduct a budget workshop session to review departmental budgets. This session precedes a public hearing on the municipal budget scheduled for May 20, 2026.",
   "agenda_url": "https://clerkshq.com/Content/Pawtucket-ri/subcommittees/2026/may12bw_26dk.htm",
   "minutes_url": null,
   "source": "https://clerkshq.com/Pawtucket-ri"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-05-06",
   "body": "Ordinance Committee",
   "headline": "Ordinance Committee to discuss flood hazard and fire prevention rules",
   "summary": "The Ordinance Committee will consider amendments to the city's zoning and fire prevention codes. This includes a recommendation from the City Planning Commission regarding flood hazard districts.",
   "agenda_url": "https://clerkshq.com/Content/Pawtucket-ri/subcommittees/2026/may06oc_26dk.htm",
   "minutes_url": null,
   "source": "https://clerkshq.com/Pawtucket-ri"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-05-06",
   "body": "City Property Committee",
   "headline": "Committee discusses purchase of property in Wrentham, MA for watershed protection",
   "summary": "The City Property Committee will meet to discuss a request from the Pawtucket Water Supply Board. The board is seeking to purchase property located at 1139 West Street in Wrentham, MA.",
   "agenda_url": "https://clerkshq.com/Content/Pawtucket-ri/subcommittees/2026/may06cp_26dk.htm",
   "minutes_url": null,
   "source": "https://clerkshq.com/Pawtucket-ri"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-05-06",
   "body": "License Commissioners Session",
   "headline": "Board approves entertainment licenses and continues kennel hearing",
   "summary": "The Pawtucket Board of License Commissioners approved several entertainment and auto repair license renewals. The board also continued a hearing for a kennel at 65 Patterson Avenue due to resident noise complaints and ordered police monitoring of The Industrial Café.",
   "agenda_url": "https://clerkshq.com/Content/Pawtucket-ri/license/2026/may06_26lc.htm",
   "minutes_url": null,
   "source": "https://clerkshq.com/Pawtucket-ri"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-05-06",
   "body": "City Council",
   "headline": null,
   "summary": null,
   "agenda_url": null,
   "minutes_url": "https://clerkshq.com/Content/Pawtucket-ri/council/2026/may06_26cc.htm",
   "source": "https://clerkshq.com/Pawtucket-ri"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-05-06",
   "body": "Claims Committee",
   "headline": "Committee to review pothole and property damage claims",
   "summary": "The Committee on Claims and Pending Suits will discuss and consider various reimbursement claims. These include damages related to potholes on city, state, and other municipal roads, as well as general property damage.",
   "agenda_url": "https://clerkshq.com/Content/Pawtucket-ri/subcommittees/2026/may06cl_26dk.htm",
   "minutes_url": null,
   "source": "https://clerkshq.com/Pawtucket-ri"
  }
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