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Hey hey Cumberland! Your one-stop source for local news is here. Continue reading for all the updates. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a Cumberland lawsuit could reshape Rhode Island's license-plate camera rules.
  • See when Cumberland kicks off its big Week 2 matchup
  • Why a North Providence convent's history now rests in Cumberland

Also on today's calendar: Messages from Spirit - It's My Health and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What day of the year is trucker's day? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 82 and low of 47 degrees.
  • Saturday: Cooler with clouds and sun, temps: high: 69, low: 50.
  • Sunday: Cloudy and cooler; p.m. rain, with a high of 62 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Flock Camera Records Raise RI Driver Privacy Questions (upriseri.com) — Cumberland residents are at the center of a federal lawsuit claiming local police used Flock camera images to assess a driver and passenger, raising sharp questions about how much these systems really capture. The piece explains how Rhode Island towns, including Cumberland, Providence, Warwick, and Bristol, follow different rules on data retention, sharing, and privacy, and notes a statewide review ordered by the governor.
   

2. Rhode Island high school football Week 2 schedules, scores and stats (newportri.com) — Cumberland football fans can circle Friday at 6 p.m., when the Clippers travel to North Kingstown as part of Rhode Island's Week 2 high school slate. The statewide roundup lists scores, standout performances, and full schedules, so local supporters can track how Cumberland stacks up against other programs and follow rivals' results through the weekend.
   

3. Statues Moved From Religious Order Property in North Providence (news-usa.today) — A group of Catholic nuns once buried at a North Providence convent have been carefully exhumed and reinterred in Cumberland, giving the town a new role in preserving their legacy. As statues and monuments leave the Fruit Hill Avenue property, neighbors and planners are watching closely to see how the now-cleared 16-acre site will be redeveloped and how it could reshape the surrounding community.
   

4. The Big Three: How Rhode Island's Largest Environmental Nonprofits View Their Role (ecori.org) — Rhode Island's three major environmental nonprofits explain how they tackle forest loss, bay pollution, and climate pressures, emphasizing science-driven conservation over courtroom battles. A Cumberland resident working with The Nature Conservancy stresses that staff live and drive past the same clear-cuts as locals, underscoring shared frustration and the push to better protect mature forests and wildlife habitat statewide.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: 10-4, good buddy! (Thank you Jean H. for sending it in!)
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