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High School Roundup: Scores and recaps from Wednesday’s games across Rhode Island

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September 18, 2024

High School Roundup: Scores and recaps from Wednesday’s games across Rhode Island

Coaches are reminded to send in their results after each game by 10 p.m. by email — pjsports@providencejournal.com — or by calling the Sports desk at (401) 277-7340, each weeknight with the final score and game details.

FIELD HOCKEY

Division I

East Greenwich 1, Barrington 0

East Greenwich’s Maeve Kiernan, assisted by Lindsay Rowe, scored the deciding goal in the third period. Olivia Prior and Lia Cameron controlled the defense for the Avengers and Layla Cameron made 5 saves for the shutout. Katie McAdams made 13 saves for the Eagles.

Division II

Lincoln School 3, Pilgrim 1 (Tuesday)

Arianna Casey scored 2 goals and assisted on another, Isabelle Campeau added a third score and Ruby Verkuijlen picked up an assist as Lincoln School upended Pilgrim. Lynx netminder Lucy Camara recorded 4 saves in the win. Charlotte Williamson scored the lone goal for the Patriots with the assist going to Taylor Mark. Jocelyn Dilone recorded 6 saves in the loss.

Lincoln 1, Cumberland 0 (0T)

In a battle of two evenly matched teams, Lincoln’s Dounya Eskaf scored the only goal of the game just 26 seconds into the extra frame as the Lions came away with a victory over Cumberland and moved into sole possession of second place in Division II. The Clippers got a yeoman’s effort from goalie Hadley Bausman, who collected 18 saves in the loss.

BOYS SOCCER

Division I/Division II

Classical 2, Lincoln 2

Goals by Lincoln’s Christian Figueiredo and Alex Denson sandwiched a pair of goals by Classical’s Gianny Lopez and Niko Brown and the D-I/D-II crossover finished in a tie. Denson’s tally closed out the scoring with about 15 minutes remaining in the contest. The Lions are now 2-1-3 while the Purple move to 1-3-1. Classical’s Andrew Backman and Senai Zerit shared duties in goal and combined to make 10 saves. Aaron Kanter recorded 4 saves for Lincoln.

Division III

Davies 3, PCD 0

Goals by Aiden Cutler, Jailton Perreira and Santiago Marin and the play of netminder Miguel Vazquez, who recorded 5 saves, helped the Patriots improve their record to 4-1 on the year with the shutout.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

Division III

Narragansett 3, PCD 1

Visiting Narragansett fell behind after the first set but captured the next three for the win (16-25, 25-15, 25-15, 25-9). For the victors, Nina Hamlin had 3 kills, 2 digs, 4 blocks and 2 aces; Drew Bockoven had 5 kills, 2 digs and 2 aces; and Eliana Sahagain had a dig and 3 aces. For PCD, Kelsey Blecker had 5 aces, 4 kills and 8 digs and Bella Goetz had 11 digs and a kill.

St. Raphael 3, Tiverton 1 (25-20, 25-17, 17-25, 25-16)

Division IV

Central 3, Hope 0

Danna Garcia recorded 14 kills and 2 aces and Stephanie Cabrera posted 8 aces and 10 assists to help the nights knock off the Blue Wave, 25-6, 25-18, 25-17. Central is now 5-2 on the year. Olivia Dastien put together a solid effort for Hope in the loss with 5 kills, 5 aces and 7 blocks.

Davies 3, Blackstone Valley 1

The play of Taliya Robillard-Montas (9 aces, 8 kills, 6 digs) and Caydence DAnkwa (6 kills, 8 digs) helped Davies get past BVP, 25-15, 25-16, 22-25, 25-20. Zoe Costa had 3 blocks and 8 digs for the Pride.

North Providence 3, Achievement First 1 (25-13, 18-25, 25-11, 25-19)

Thursday’s schedule

FOOTBALL

Juanita Sanchez/PCD at North Smithfield, 6:30 p.m.

Hope/St. Pats vs. Toll Gate at Warwick Vets Middle School, 6:30 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY

South Kingstown vs. Lincoln School at Faxon Farm, 4:30 p.m.

Moses Brown at La Salle, 6:30 p.m.

Chariho vs. Cumberland at Tucker Field, 6:30 p.m.

BOYS SOCCER

Mount Pleasant at Block Island, 2:45 p.m.

Central at Moses Brown, 3:45 p.m.

Scituate at PCD, 4 p.m.

Narragansett vs. JDS/PC/SP at Drummond Field, 4:15 p.m.

Middletown at Blackstone Valley, 5 p.m.

Woonsocket at Burrillville, 5 p.m.

Hope at Smithfield, 6 p.m.

EWG at Johnston, 6 p.m.

Prout vs. Rogers at Toppa Field, 6 p.m.

Cranston East vs. Shea at Max Read Field, 6 p.m.

Times2 at North Providence, 6 p.m.

Westerly at Mt. Hope, 7 p.m.

GIRLS SOCCER

Lincoln School at Mt. Pleasant, 3:45 p.m.

Lincoln at Chariho, 4:30 p.m.

East Greenwich at Pilgrim, 5 p.m.

Central Falls vs. Woonsocket at Barry Field, 5 p.m.

Portsmouth at Mt. Hope, 5:15 p.m.

Smithfield at Cranston West, 5:30 p.m.

Cumberland at North Kingstown, 6:30 p.m.

JS/PC/SP at Tiverton, 7 p.m.

GIRLS TENNIS

Classical at EWG, TBA

Lincoln School at Lincoln, 3:30 p.m.

East Providence at Prout, 4 p.m.

Cranston West at Moses Brown, 4 p.m.

Mt. Hope at Narragansett, 4 p.m.

Tolman at PCD, 4 p.m.

St. Raphael at Bay View, 4 p.m.

Coventry vs. West Warwick at West Warwick Public Courts, 4 p.m.

Woonsocket vs. Cranston East at at Park View Middle School, 4 p.m.

Woonsocket vs. Middletown at Gaudet Middle School, 4 p.m.

La Salle at Barrington, 4:15 p.m.

Ponaganset at Portsmouth, 4:30 p.m.

North Kingstown at Smithfield, 4:30 p.m.

Central at Hope, 4:30 p.m.

Tiverton vs. Shea at Slater Park, 4:30 p.m.

Westerly at Chariho, 4:30 p.m.

Toll Gate at Scituate, 4:45 p.m.

Cumberland at Rogers, 5 p.m.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

Block Island at Narragansett, 2 p.m.

La Salle at Chariho, 6 p.m.

EWG at Burrillville, 6 p.m.

Bay View at West Warwick, 6 p.m.

Middletown at Lincoln, 6:15 p.m.

North Kingstown at Classical, 6:30 p.m.

Cranston East at East Providence, 6:30 p.m.

Coventry at Prout, 6:30 p.m.

Westerly at Pilgrim, 6:30 p.m.

East Greenwich at Portsmouth, 6:45 p.m.

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Truckers ordered to pay own legal bills from failed RI toll lawsuit

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March 28, 2026

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Truckers ordered to pay own legal bills from failed RI toll lawsuit

The trucking industry will have to pay its own legal bills for the unsuccessful eight-year-old lawsuit it brought to stop Rhode Island’s truck toll system, a federal judge ruled Friday, March 27.

The American Trucking Associations was seeking $21 million in attorneys fees and other costs from the state, but a decision from U.S. District Judge John McConnell Jr. says the truckers lost the case and will have to pick up the tab.

The state had previously filed a counterclaim for reimbursement of $9 million in legal bills, but an earlier recommendation from U.S. Magistrate Judge Patricia Sullivan had already thrown cold water on that possibility.

McConnell ordered American Trucking Associations to pay Rhode Island $199,281, a tiny fraction of the amount the state spent defending the network of tolls on tractor trailers.

Settling the lawyer tab may finally bring an end to a court fight that bounced back and forth through the federal judiciary since the toll system launched and the truckers brought suit in 2018.

As it stands, the state’s truck toll network has been mothballed since 2022 when a since-overturned judge’s ruling temporarily ruled it unconstitutional.

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation said it hopes to relaunch the tolls around March 2027.

The court costs fight hinged on which side could claim legal “prevailing party” status as the winner of the lawsuit.

The trucking industry claimed that it had won because the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled an in-state trucker discount mechanism, known as caps, in the original truck toll system was unconstitutional.

But Rhode Island argued that it is the winner because the appeals court had ruled that the larger system and broad concept of truck tolls is constitutional and can relaunch with the discounts stripped out.

“The Court determines that ATA has vastly overstated the benefit, if any, that they have received from the ultimate resolution of their challenge to the RhodeWorks program,” McConnell wrote.

The truckers “failed to obtain any practical benefit from the First Circuit’s severance of the [in-state toll] caps,” he went on. “Specifically, the evidence from this dispute confirmed that the lack of daily caps will result in ATA paying a higher amount in daily tolls and that it does not receive any tangible financial benefit from their elimination.”

In her December analysis of the legal fees question, Sullivan had concluded that the Trucking Associations’ outside counsel had overbilled and overstaffed the case.

But she had recommended that the industry be reimbursed $2.7 million for its bills, while McConnell’s ruling gives it nothing.

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Think you’re middle class in Rhode Island? Here’s the income range

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March 28, 2026

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Think you’re middle class in Rhode Island? Here’s the income range

Your household can earn more than $160,000 a year and still be considered part of the “middle class” in Rhode Island, according to a recent study by SmartAsset.

Rhode Island is the state with the 17th-highest income range for households to be considered middle class, based on SmartAsset’s analysis using 2024 income data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The Pew Research Center defines the middle class as households earning roughly two-thirds to twice the national median household income.

According to a 2022 Gallup survey, about half of U.S. adults consider themselves middle class, with 38% identifying as “middle class” and 14% as “upper-middle class.” Higher-income Americans and college graduates were most likely to identify with the “middle class” or “upper-middle class,” while lower-income Americans and those without a college education generally identified as “working class” or “lower class.”

Here’s how much money your household would need to bring in annually to be considered middle class in Rhode Island.

How much money would you need to make to be considered middle class in RI?

In Rhode Island, households would need to earn between $55,669 and $167,008 annually to be considered middle class, according to SmartAsset. The Ocean State has the 17th-highest income range in the country for middle-class households.

The state’s median household income is $83,504.

How do other New England states compare?

Rhode Island has the fourth-highest income range for middle-class households in New England. Here’s what households would have to earn in neighboring states:

Massachusetts (#1 nationally) – $69,885 to $209,656 annually; median household income of $104,828
New Hampshire (#6 nationally) – $66,521 to $199,564 annually; median household income of $99,782
Connecticut (#10 nationally) – $64,033 to $192,098 annually; median household income of $96,049
Rhode Island (#17 nationally) – $55,669 to $167,008 annually; median household income of $83,504
Vermont (#19 nationally) – $55,153 to $165,460 annually; median household income of $82,730
Maine (#30 nationally) – $50,961 to $152,884 annually; median household income of $76,442

Which state has the highest middle-class income range?

Massachusetts ranks as the state with the highest income range to be considered middle class, according to SmartAsset. Households there would need to earn between $69,900 and $209,656 annually. The state’s median household income is $104,828.

Which state has the lowest middle-class income range?

Mississippi ranks last for the income range needed to be considered middle class, according to SmartAsset. Households there would need to earn between $39,418 and $118,254 annually. The state’s median household income is $59,127.

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AARP report highlights scale and value of unpaid caregiving in Rhode Island

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March 27, 2026

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AARP report highlights scale and value of unpaid caregiving in Rhode Island

“Nationally there are 59 million Americans who are providing care for a loved one and that is 49.5 billion hours of care annually. It’s valued at a trillion dollars,” said Catherine Taylor, the director of AARP Rhode Island; AARP, the nation’s largest non- profit, dedicated to empowering people 50 and older.

In Rhode Island, the report shows 155,000 people serve as caregivers, providing 111 million hours of care.

Barbara Morse reports on unpaid caregivers. (WJAR)

“The total impact is $2.8 billion a year,” said Taylor.

It’s not just babysitting a loved one.

Catherine Taylor, the director of AARP Rhode Island, spoke with NBC 10’s Barbara Morse about the value of caregiving. (WJAR)

“People are doing a lot more nursing tasks, you know–wound care, injections and things like that and they’re doing a lot more intensive daily care, like bathing, and dressing and feeding than we used to,” she said.

Its latest report–“Valuing the Invaluable.”

“The whole point of this report is to draw attention to how many family care givers there are and what the magnitude of what the need is for their support,” said Taylor.

That includes financial support and respite care.

AARP wants you to know this:

An older man using equipment in a gym. (FILE)

In Rhode Island, temporary caregiver insurance or TCI is available to folks who qualify, for up to eight weeks.

There are federal tax credits you may qualify for. There is help.

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“All you have to do is call 211 and say you’re a family caregiver and they will connect you to all of AARP’S trusted information, including a Rhode Island specific guide on resources for caregivers,” she said.

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