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Giant Apartment Complex + When's The Snow?: East Providence Daily

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The Newport Avenue complex, once complete, will feature two four-story apartment buildings, with 142 units consisting of studios, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments.
The Newport Avenue complex, once complete, will feature two four-story apartment buildings, with 142 units consisting of studios, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments. (Schiavo Enterprises via City of East Providence)

Welcome back, East Providence! It's Saturday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on today in town.

First, today's weather:

Sun mixing with clouds. High: 73 Low: 57.

Here are the top stories today in East Providence:

  1. Ground Broken On Giant Apartment, Retail Complex In E. Providence (East Providence Patch)
  2. Winter Weather Forecast For East Providence (East Providence Patch)
  3. Flu Season 2021: Where To Find A Vaccine In East Providence (East Providence Patch)
  4. Photos: The Roger Williams Park Zoo Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular (The Providence Journal)
  5. 14 displaced by fire at multi-family Providence home (WPRI.com)
  6. 'Pretty Woman: The Musical' comes to Providence. Here's how it was adapted from the screen (The Providence Journal)

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East Providence Patch Notebook

  • Rhode Island State Police: "The Rhode Island Sheriffs are hiring! RI Sheriffs is a statewide law enforcement agency providing judicial, courtroom & cell block security, prisoner transport, fugitive extraditions, special ops, and service of writs & court documents. ..." (Facebook)
  • East Providence Arts Council: "Welcome Holly, Wayne, and Donnie. We're excited to have you on board and for your future with us!" (Facebook)
  • City of East Providence - Office of the Mayor: "We'd like to invite you all to join the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation on its public MaxBus tour next week on Wednesday, October 6 at 11:30 a.m. This 90-minute tour consists of a driving tour of the facility followed by a rec..." (Facebook)
  • East Providence Public Library: "Pumpkin carving at Fuller!" (Facebook)

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  • New Retirement Savings Time Bomb Seminar (October 5)
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  • Psychic Medium John Edward live in Providence, RI! (October 28)

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— Jimmy Bentley

About me: Jimmy Bentley is a Massachusetts and Rhode Island field editor for Patch covering Cape Cod, Braintree, Barrington, East Greenwich, East Providence and North Kingstown. He was a reporter at the Plympton-Halifax Express and interned for Patch while earning his master's at Emerson College. In his free time, Jimmy hits concerts (sometimes reviewing them for Patch), watches movies and plays ice hockey. Email: jimmy.bentley@patch.com Twitter: @PatchBentley

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