🌱 Patch AM: How much do Flock cameras in Glocester really reveal to outsiders?

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In today's newsletter:

• How much do Flock cameras in Glocester really reveal to outsiders?

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 61 degrees.
• Thursday: Humid; a shower in the p.m., temps: high: 79, low: 66.
• Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 80 and low of 49 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• New Study in RI Finds Some of the Police and Flock… (golocalprov.com) — Glocester is among several Rhode Island communities using Flock license plate cameras without clearly disclosing which outside agencies can access their data, according to a new ACLU report. The group says Flock and many police departments limit public transparency by omitting key information from online portals and blocking archival snapshots of their policies, raising fresh privacy concerns for residents across the state.
   

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Wednesday September 16
• Library Card Drop in Craft →
  North Smithfield Library, 20 Main St, Slatersville
  10:30 am
• The American Revolution Experience at Heritage Hall →
  101 Greene St., North Smithfield
  11:00 am
• Intro to 3D Design →
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  1:40 pm
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  4:00 pm
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  Smithfield Senior High School Smithfield, RI 02917
  4:30 pm
• Cognitive Connection →
  North Smithfield Library, 20 Main St, Slatersville
  6:00 pm
Thursday September 17
• The American Revolution Experience Traveling Exhibit →
  Heritage Hall, 101 Greene St., North Smithfield
• Traveling Exhibition at the North Smithfield Heritage Association →
  North Smithfield RI
• Constitution Day Trivia →
  Smithfield RI
  10:00 am
• Seedlings Storytime →
  North Smithfield Library, 20 Main St, Slatersville
  10:30 am
• Bell Ringing & Closing Ceremony: The American Revolution Experience →
  101 Greene St., North Smithfield
  4:00 pm

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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)
• Police ID 22-year-old killed in Scituate motorcycle crash (wpri.com)

Smithfield

• Department of Health: Avoid Lower Melville Pond due to algae blooms (turnto10.com)
• Dance Mom's Abby Lee Miller Coming to Rhode Island for ALDC Event (wbsm.com)
• ACLU: RI Flock Camera Portals Hide Their Own History (upriseri.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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