🌱 Patch AM: Seekonk family mourns Bernard “Bernie” Wasserman, devoted Navy veteran and grandfather

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• Seekonk family mourns Bernard "Bernie" Wasserman, devoted Navy veteran and grandfather

Also on today's calendar: Paint Pottery! and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: A stray afternoon t-shower, with a high of 86 and low of 63 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Monday: An afternoon shower or two, temps: high: 82, low: 63.
• Tuesday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 77 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Bernard Wasserman, 96 (jewishrhody.com) — A local family in Seekonk is mourning the loss of Bernard "Bernie" Wasserman, whose son Richard and his wife Kristiana live in town. Bernie, a Navy veteran and longtime real estate developer from Providence, was 96 and known for his devotion to family, especially cheering on his grandchildren's sports. His family suggests donations in his memory to a Dana-Farber Cancer Institute fund.
   

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Sunday August 30
• Paint Pottery! →
  Art by You at Weirdgirl Creations Pottery Studio, 10 Wampanoag Trl, East Providence
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Tuesday September 1
• State Primary Election →
  Seekonk, MA Calendar, 261 Arcade Avenue, Seekonk
  7:00 am
Wednesday September 2
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  5:00 pm
Thursday September 3
• Community Preservation Committee Meeting →
  Seekonk, MA Calendar, 100 Peck Street, Seekonk
  6:30 pm
Saturday September 5
• Thrill Shows →
  Seekonk Speedway, 1782 Fall River Ave, Seekonk
  5:00 pm
Friday September 11
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  Seekonk Speedway, 1782 Fall River Ave, Seekonk
  7:00 pm
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  Seekonk Speedway, 1782 Fall River Ave, Seekonk
  7:00 pm
Friday September 18
• Seekonk Speedway →
  Seekonk Speedway, 1782 Fall River Ave, Seekonk
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 1
• Miss Joyce's Tot Time
  Blanding Public Library Goff Hall
  10:30 am
• PRES Open House
  Palmer River Elementary School 326 Winthrop Street, Rehoboth, MA 02769
  5:00 pm
Thursday September 3
• Story Time with Miss Cathy
  Blanding Public Library Goff Hall
  10:30 am

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🗞 Nearby News

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• Highway shuts down after 2 tractor-trailers, SUV collide on I-295 in North Attleboro - Boston News, Weather, Sports (whdh.com)
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Swansea

• Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School Opens New State-of-the-Art Campus (bostonrealestatetimes.com)
• FRANKLIN: Donald Carpentier (town.news)
• Not Seniority. Not Rank. The Gavel. (southshore.news)

Fall River

• Fall River art exhibit showcases four nature-inspired artists (heraldnews.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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