🌱 Patch AM: Foster mourns 22-year-old killed in nearby Scituate motorcycle crash

Hello Foster! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Foster mourns 22-year-old killed in nearby Scituate motorcycle crash
• Why did Foster-Glocester schools quote $1.2 million for records?

Also on today's calendar: Foster Republican Town Committee Annual Steak Fry.

Today's riddle: What is the difference between black eyed peas and chick peas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 75 and low of 58 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly cloudy and humid, temps: high: 79, low: 66.
• Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 80 and low of 48 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Police ID 22-year-old killed in Scituate motorcycle crash (wpri.com) — A 22-year-old Foster resident, Douglas Larose, died Friday night after his motorcycle struck a flatbed truck on Tunk Hill Road in neighboring Scituate. Police say the truck was pulling from a driveway with its lights on and that speed appears to have been a factor, and the crash remains under investigation.
   

• 'Pretending to be stupid': Public college claims Warren campaign blasts aren't public records (justthenews.com) — Rhode Island transparency advocates are challenging how public agencies handle records requests, including a staggering $1.2 million estimate the Foster-Glocester Regional School District gave a local taxpayer to review school contract emails. The dispute centers on whether political fundraising emails and other materials can be withheld under public records exemptions, raising broader questions about access to information in local schools and colleges.
   

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Saturday September 19
• Moosup Valley Congregational Church →
  Moosup Valley Congregational Church, 81 Moosup Valley Rd, Foster
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Saturday September 19
• Foster Republican Town Committee Annual Steak Fry →
  Vasa Park, 10 Boswell Trail, Foster
  4:00 pm
Sunday October 4
• PPS's Festival of Architecture & Design: Foster Modernism Field Trip →
  109 Danielson Pike, Foster

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday September 16
• ASFMS Open House
  Coventry Public Schools, 1675 Flat River Rd, Coventry
  5:30 pm
Thursday September 17
• Washington Oak Open House
  Coventry Public Schools, 1675 Flat River Rd, Coventry
  5:30 pm
• Lake Taco →
  Lake Taco, 446 Tiogue Avenue, Coventry
  6:00 pm
• Coventry Republican Town Committee Meeting →
  Flat River Tavern, 2260 Flat River Road, Coventry
  7:00 pm
Friday September 18
• West Warwick Boys Varsity Soccer @ Coventry →
  Coventry High School, 40 Reservoir Rd, Coventry
  6:00 pm
• West Warwick at Coventry →
  Coventry High School, 40 Reservoir Rd, Coventry
  6:30 pm
Monday September 21
• North Smithfield at Coventry →
  Coventry High School, 40 Reservoir Rd, Coventry
  6:30 pm
• Harmony Café – Manville, RI →
  Harmony Cafe, 47 Summer St, Manville
  7:00 pm
Tuesday September 22
• Coventry Coalition Meeting →
  Coventry RI
  11:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Scituate

• Here are the scores, stats and more from Monday's RI high school games (providencejournal.com)
• Designing With Communities (uri.edu)

Johnston

• Why Shell Sold its Rhode Island Gas Plant to Constellation (energydigital.com)
• ACLU: RI Flock Camera Portals Hide Their Own History (upriseri.com)
• Carpionato Group Announces Leadership Transition as Longtime Executives Prepare to Retire (bostonrealestatetimes.com)

West Greenwich

• Woonsocket Man Charged With Driving On Suspended License: Cops (patch.com)
• Charlestown Man Charged With Obstructing Officer: Cops (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Black eyed peas can sing us a song but chick peas can only hummus one. (Thank you Bev H. for sending it in!)
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