Zoonotic Illnesses Halt Pet Adoptions: East Providence Daily

Good day, people of East Providence! Jimmy Bentley here with today's copy of theEast Providence Daily.

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First, today's weather:

Beautiful with periods of sun. High: 70 Low: 52.

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Here are the top stories in East Providence today:

1. Zoonotic Illnesses Temporarily Halt Pet Adoptions At RI SPCA (East Providence Patch)
2. Nationwide Southwest Airlines cancellations, delays felt in Rhode Island (Turn to 10)
3. One injured after car shot into in Cranston - WLNE-TV (ABC6) (WLNE-TV (ABC6))
4. Attleboro entrepreneur heading to Nepal to film documentary | Local News (The Sun Chronicle)
5. Two found on land after water rescue launched in Bristol - WLNE-TV (ABC6) (WLNE-TV (ABC6))
6. Narragansett tribal members, advocates, call for the removal of statue in Pawtucket (WJAR)

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Today in East Providence:

• Riverside Lifetouch Fall Picture Day (12:00 AM)
• ACN Culinary HSW/ServSafe - East Providence High School (2:30 PM)
• School Committee Meeting - East Providence School District (6:30 PM)

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East Providence Patch Notebook

• Rhode Island Photography 📷: "🌟 Photo of the day! 🌟 Today's gorgeous photo comes from: @danny.fearing Stunning capture from Watch Hill! Selected by @tomriley 🗺 @newengland_igers 🏙 @boston_igers ⛵️ @connecticut_igers 🏟 @massachusetts_igers 🌲 @maine_igers ⛺️ @n..." (Instagram)
• East Providence Area Chamber: "Biz supports the arts and JDP Theatre Co.! This year's Pumpkin Patch, 1336 Pawtucket Avenue in Rumford, RI features pumpkins of all sizes, live entertainment on the weekend and great scenery for taking Halloween photos. Details at www.jd..." (Facebook)
• East Providence Area Chamber: "Kudos to the talented pumpkin carver for our personalized pumpkin!" (Facebook)

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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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