Here are some of The Providence Journal’s most-read stories for the week of Oct. 6, supported by your subscriptions .
- The labor upheavals of the pandemic have eased, but employers are still facing a changed landscape , with workers demanding greater flexibility and skipping from job to job to chase a pay bump. An even bigger challenge looms: an exodus of retiring baby boomers, without a pipeline of new recruits to replace them. Find out which Rhode Island industries are having the hardest time filling positions – and what they’re doing to woo workers . We also list the RI companies that earned the designation of Top Workplaces , including this behavioral health practice .
- It’s been a tumultuous week for the New England Patriots , with a crushing Week 5 loss to the Dolphins , talk of a locker room mutiny , the arrest of safety Jabrill Peppers on felony assault charges , and this weekend’s dawn of the Drake Maye era . To top things off, could Bill Belichick soon be wearing a green hoodie as the new head coach of the New York Jets ? Catch up on the drama in Foxboro, as well as high school and college sports news, at providencejournal.com/sports .
- Looking for some fun food things to do this weekend ? Check out our suggestions, including a doggie costume party at a Portsmouth restaurant.