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🌱 Patch AM: How new police station work and salt prices will hit Foster
And on the Foster Patch calendar - Harmony Café – Manville, RI
Hello again Foster! We're bringing you the latest town highlights. Don't miss out, keep going! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- 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!)
- 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. 
📸 Around Foster
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Harmony Café – Manville, RI →
Harmony Cafe, 47 Summer St, Manville
7:00 pm - 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 - Classical Girls Varsity Soccer @ Coventry →
Coventry High School, 40 Reservoir Rd, Coventry
6:00 pm - 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 - Ponaganset Varsity Football @ Johnston →
Johnston Senior High School, 345 Cherry Hill Rd, Johnston
1:00 pm - Coventry vs Classical →
40 Reservoir Rd, Coventry
6:30 pm
Monday October 12
Tuesday October 13
Wednesday October 14
Thursday October 15
Saturday October 17
Tuesday October 20
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💬 Chatter
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)
Ok Foster! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- 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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