🌱 Patch AM: How new police station work and salt prices will hit Foster

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• How new police station work and salt prices will hit Foster

Today's riddle: What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Some rain in the afternoon, with a high of 62 and low of 53 degrees.
• Monday: Some rain in the morning, temps: high: 70, low: 51.
• Tuesday: Some sun, then clouds, with a high of 64 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Foster Council Approves Police Station Contracts, Salt Bids (upriseri.com) — Foster residents face higher winter costs after the Town Council locked in new bids for road salt, sand, fuel, and gravel, and advanced $341,114 in site work for the new police station. Councilors also discussed creating a municipal court for zoning tickets and revising volunteer firefighter incentive pay, with those proposals expected to return for future decisions.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday October 12
• Harmony Café – Manville, RI →
  Harmony Cafe, 47 Summer St, Manville
  7:00 pm
Tuesday October 13
• Board of Canvassers
  Glocester Town Hall
  10:00 am
• â˝Boys Soccer game (away)
  Ponaganset Middle School North Scituate, RI 02857
  4:00 pm
• Coventry High School vs Tiverton →
  Coventry High School, 40 Reservoir Rd, Coventry
  6:30 pm
• Coventry vs Tiverton →
  40 Reservoir Rd, Coventry
  6:30 pm
Wednesday October 14
• Classical Girls Varsity Soccer @ Coventry →
  Coventry High School, 40 Reservoir Rd, Coventry
  6:00 pm
Thursday October 15
• Fraud Awareness Seminar →
  Bella Restaurant, 1992 Victory Highway, Harrisville
  11:00 am
• â˝Girls' soccer game @ PMS
  Ponaganset Middle School North Scituate, RI 02857
  4:45 pm
• CTE Open House
  Coventry High School, 40 Reservoir Rd, Coventry
  6:00 pm
• Coventry Republican Town Committee Monthly Meeting →
  Flat River Tavern, 2260 Flat River Road, Coventry
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• Ponaganset Varsity Football @ Johnston →
  Johnston Senior High School, 345 Cherry Hill Rd, Johnston
  1:00 pm
Tuesday October 20
• Coventry vs Classical →
  40 Reservoir Rd, Coventry
  6:30 pm

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Dollar General posted a job opening for ASST STORE MGR in COVENTRY RI S18709 in Coventry. Apply here.
• Oak St. Health posted a job opening for Store Associate in Pascoag. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Foster here.

🗞 Nearby News

Scituate

• These are the RI fall festivals and activities worth adding to your list (providencejournal.com)
• Looking for RI high school scores from Friday's games. Here they are (providencejournal.com)

Johnston

• Black and Native Senate nominee slams Trump's Columbus revival: 'It's still Indigenous Peoples' Day' (thegrio.com)
• Johnston neighborhood plagued by rat infestation (wpri.com)

Cranston

• Man arrested on weapons charge in Cranston (newportdispatch.com)
• 18 arrested by State Police after seizure of 20 guns, dozens of magazines, ammo, drugs, cash (fallriverreporter.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath?" — A dirty double crosser ! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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