🌱 Patch AM: From loose squirrel to larceny arrest: what Bristol police handled

Hello Bristol! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• From loose squirrel to larceny arrest: what Bristol police handled
• Why Bristol schools will have no speed cameras this year

Also on today's calendar: Meet Seth Moulton in Fall River! and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Pleasant with sunshine, with a high of 78 and low of 61 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 79, low: 62.
• Thursday: Partly sunny and humid, with a high of 79 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Bristol Police: Vandalism, road rage, a misdirected pizza and a loose squirrel (eastbayri.com) — Recent police calls around Bristol included vandalized cars, neighbor disputes, intoxicated patrons, and a road rage complaint at Hope and Tupelo streets. Officers also handled a misdelivered pizza dispute, noise from an event DJ, and arrested a local resident on attempted larceny and conspiracy charges after an early-morning incident.
   

• Rhode Island school-zone speed cameras are turning back on: here's where they're located (wpri.com) — As school-zone speed cameras switch back on across Rhode Island, Bristol is one of several communities that still has none and isn't planning to install any. The piece outlines where cameras are active in nearby towns, so Bristol drivers should expect stricter enforcement just outside town lines during school hours.
   

📸 Around Bristol

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bristol

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday August 27
• Meet Seth Moulton in Fall River! →
  35 N Main St, Fall River, MA 02720,
  5:30 pm
Friday September 18
• RWU Law Providence Law School Fair →
  Providence Marriott Downtown, 1 Orms St, Providence
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday August 26
• Elementary Schools Orientation Day
  Bristol Warren Regional SD Elementary Schools
• Staff Orientation Day
  Bristol Warren Regional SD Bristol, RI 02809
• RW Kindergarten Meet & Greet
  Bristol Warren Regional SD Rockwell Elementary School
  1:00 pm
Thursday August 27
• KMS Orientation
  Bristol Warren Regional SD Kickemuit Middle School
• Blithewold Annual Family Clambake →
  Blithewold Manor, Gardens & Arboretum, 101 Ferry Rd, Bristol
  4:30 pm
Friday August 28
• Warren Hope & Main Summer Makers Markets - NOW FRIDAYS 4-7PM! →
  691 Main St, Warren
  4:00 pm
Sunday August 30
• Paint Pottery! →
  Art by You at Weirdgirl Creations Pottery Studio, 10 Wampanoag Trl, East Providence
  1:00 pm
Thursday September 10
• MINI'S IN MOTION (Ages 3-5) →
  Quinta Gamelin Community Center, 101 Asylum Rd, Bristol
  9:30 am
Sunday September 13
• Rhode Island Parkinson's Community Walk →
  Pete Sepe Pavilion, 40 Asylum Rd, Warren
  10:00 am
Friday September 18
• Developing Your Inner Artist Homeschool Class (Interactive Online) →
  Art Play Learn Online
  12:00 pm

📣 Bristol Shout Outs!

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Bristol Art Museum Issues Call for Art for Regional Juried Exhibition Here & Now —Bristol Art Museum Read on Patch

• PrimeFlight Aviation Services posted a job opening for Ramp Agent- PVD Airport in Warwick. Apply here.
• J. C. Penney Company, Inc. posted a job opening for Beauty Consultant - Warwick Mall in Warwick. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bristol here.

🗞 Nearby News

Warren

• Warren Prevention Coalition sets events to support those touched by drug abuse (eastbayri.com)
• Tracking mosquito-borne disease across Rhode Island: Q&A with Azaliah Lopes (uri.edu)
• Hope & Main hosts a tasty twilight party (eastbayri.com)

Barrington

• Barrington's composting effort: 'this is above and beyond' (eastbayri.com)
• Here are the RI Girls Cross Country runners to watch this season (providencejournal.com)

Portsmouth

• Letter: Portsmouth's long tradition of getting it wrong (eastbayri.com)

Ok Bristol! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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