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• Shakespeare takes center stage at Bristol BookFest (eastbayri.com) — Bristol readers can look forward to a Shakespeare-themed Bristol BookFest next April, with free winter seminars on "The Tempest" at Rogers Free Library leading up to a two-day festival downtown. Organizers are partnering with local institutions like Roger Williams University, Linden Place, the Bristol Art Museum, and the Bristol Warren Regional School District to bring national scholars and lively community discussions to town.
• The best local Halloween displays of 2026 in RI, Mass. (wpri.com) — Two Bristol homes are turning their yards into must-see Halloween destinations this month, with Terra Haunt on Bayview Avenue and Petrifying Peckham's musical light show both running nightly. These family-friendly displays feature animatronics, glowing pumpkins, synchronized music, and big crowds of trick-or-treaters, giving local residents easy, no-cost ways to soak up spooky season right in town.
• Man arrested on breaking and entering charge in Bristol (newportdispatch.com) — Police in Bristol report the arrest of 40-year-old resident Kyle DaSilva on a breaking and entering warrant from Warren, after he was taken into custody without incident by the Rhode Island Violent Fugitive Task Force. The same day, state task forces also arrested two other men in separate statewide cases involving an Oklahoma escape warrant and multiple larceny-related charges.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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