Today’s Top Stories: The House votes in favor of firefighter overtime bills; Toronto spoils Boston’s home opener 7-5; R.I. s first all-female Honor Flight returned with memories and new friendships ...

[View email with images]( [Providence Journal]( Kevin McNamara: Road woes follow Red Sox home Home Sweet Home? Not quite yet for the Red Sox and their faithful fans who flocked to Fenway Park to open a baseball season for the 108th time yesterday. Despite the presence of David Ortiz, Pedro Martinez and even Manny Ramirez, plus a World Series ring ceremony before the game, the champion Red Sox continued their woeful start and fell to the equally woeful Toronto Blue Jays, 7-5. [READ MORE]( R.I. House votes 62-9 to mandate firefighter OT after 42 hours Over howls of protest from Rhode Island s municipal leaders, the House approved a two-bill package mandating that cities and towns pay overtime to firefighters who average more than 42 hours in a workweek, as opposed to the 53-hour-a-week federal O.T. threshold. [READ MORE]( R.I.'s first female Honor Flight: A tribute of their own 46 military veterans on Honor Flight “Victory” — the first all-female group organized by the Rhode Island Fire Chiefs Honor Flight, and only the second all-female Honor Flight in the country — returned Saturday night from a day’s tour of memorials in Washington, D.C. [READ MORE]( 5 women who blazed trails through the legal system Roger Williams University School of Law on Thursday plans to commemorate the 176 women admitted to the Rhode Island bar during the first 60 years after the state Supreme Court determined in 1920 that they were permitted, legally, to sit for the bar examination. [READ MORE]( Providence's Knead Doughnuts expands again The entrepreneurs behind Knead Doughnuts have taken over the West Side commercial kitchen left behind by food incubator Pilotworks when it abruptly closed last September after less than a year in operation. [READ MORE]( Editorial: Ludicrous journey to development Rhode Island will have to get its act together if it wants to attract development. The ludicrous process it is putting New York developer Jason Fane through would be comical if it were not so damaging to the state s prospects.Mr. [READ MORE]( Push for more autonomy by physician assistants includes Mattiello's son Students hoping to become physician assistants, including House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello s son, are part of a push to expand the use of physician assistants in Rhode Island by giving them the legal freedom to care for patients outside the direct supervision of doctors. [READ MORE]( Brayton Point demolition raffle raising money to build Vietnam memorial With only a week before one lucky person is chosen to flip the switch on the Brayton Point cooling tower demolition, organizers behind the raffle are reporting that more than 250 tickets have been sold to people eager to see the towers come down. [READ MORE]( Federal Hill restaurant appeals suspension; penalty doubled When the city shuttered a Federal Hill restaurant and bar in the wake of allegations that an owner tried to bribe a Providence police officer, the Acorn Street establishment appealed the decision and its two-month timeout from doing business. That turned out to be a mistake on the part of the DaVinci restaurant and cigar bar. [READ MORE]( Three Bryant student-athletes charged with assault Three Bryant University student-athletes were arrested Monday following an assault at a townhouse on campus Sunday. [READ MORE]( [providencejournal.com]( Connect with Us! [Facebook]( [Twitter]( Connect with Us! [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [WWW.PROVIDENCEJOURNAL.COM]( You are receiving this communication as a member of the Providence Journal. Providence Journal values your online privacy. For more information, view our [privacy policy]( now. Please do not reply to this message. [Manage Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( Providence Journal 75 Fountain St Providence, RI 02902 © 2019 Providence Journal. All rights reserved.