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🌱 Patch AM: Lunch & Learn with Dr. Lee Francis IV and 10 more events
Also check out Raise the Barn on the Exeter Patch calendar
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Coming up on the calendar:
- Raise the Barn at Tilted Barn Brewery
- Lunch & Learn with Dr. Lee Francis IV
Today's riddle: What did the Buffalo say when his son left? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Sunday: Heavy rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 78 and low of 60 degrees.
- Monday: Mostly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 81, low: 58.
- Tuesday: Partly sunny with a shower, with a high of 76 and low of 57 degrees.
📸 Around Exeter
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Exeter
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★ Featured events ★
- Raise the Barn →
Tilted Barn Brewery, One Hemsley Pl, Exeter
1:00 pm
Saturday September 12
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Other local events
- Lunch & Learn with Dr. Lee Francis IV →
12:00 pm
Monday August 24
📣 Exeter Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- CONVOCATION - Staff Orientation
Chariho Regional SD Wood River Junction, RI 02894 - RES New Student Orientation
Chariho Regional SD Richmond Elementary School
12:00 pm - 2026 RICABOR Golf Outing →
Pinecrest Golf Course, 25 Pinehurst Dr, Richmond
12:30 pm - Charlestown Kindergarten Orientation
Chariho Regional SD Wood River Junction, RI 02894
1:00 pm - RES Kindergarten Orientation
Chariho Regional SD Richmond Elementary School
3:00 pm - 5th Grade Orientation
Chariho Regional SD Auditorium
5:30 pm - Zoning Board of Review Meeting →
Richmond, RI Calendar, 5 Richmond Townhouse Rd., Wyoming
7:00 pm - DISTRICT PD DAY
Chariho Regional SD Wood River Junction, RI 02894 - School Committee Meeting-if needed →
Exeter-West Greenwich Regional SD West Greenwich, RI 02817
6:00 pm - Planning Board Meeting - CANCELLED →
Richmond, RI Calendar, 5 Richmond Townhouse Rd., Wyoming
6:30 pm
Monday August 24
Tuesday August 25
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Monsters, UHF, and the Magic of Channel 56: A Retrospective of Creature Double Feature
For a generation of kids growing up in New England during the 1970s and 1980s, Saturday afternoons weren't spent outdoors — they were spent glued to… (Nextdoor Pine Hill) - This Saturday on Svengoolie (August 22, 2026): THE RAVEN
Prepare for a double dose of Universal Horror royalty this Saturday, August 22, as Svengoolie presents the 1935 macabre classic The Raven!... (Nextdoor Pine Hill)
- Genesis10 posted a job opening for Manufacturing Associate in West Greenwich. Apply here.
- Panera Bread Company posted a job opening for Catering Lead in East Greenwich. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Exeter here.
🗞 Nearby News
Kingston
- Courtney Touting $13.6 Million Navy Contract For UConn Undersea Technology Research (patch.com)
- Officials break ground on new 126th Army Aviation headquarters (independentri.com)
- Residents press North Kingstown officials to look into banning sales of puppies, cats (independentri.com)
North Kingstown
- GriefSpeak – 'Larry's Lament' by Mari Nardolillo Dias, EdD (rinewstoday.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bison! (Thank you Judy M. for sending it in!)
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