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Hi Glocester! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • What really happened to Glocester's tax break and haunted train plans?

Today's riddle: Why was the scarecrow given an award? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: A stray afternoon shower, with a high of 67 and low of 52 degrees.
  • Monday: Partly sunny and breezy, temps: high: 70, low: 43.
  • Tuesday: Breezy in the morning; sunny, with a high of 62 and low of 37 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Glocester Town Council Reconvenes After Executive Session (upriseri.com) — Glocester residents should know the Town Council's September 17 meeting reconvened briefly in open session after a closed executive session, took only procedural votes, and then adjourned without recorded action on its agenda. Key items awaiting clarification in official minutes include a haunted train event license, changes to elderly and disabled tax exemptions, dam safety issues, a police union contract, and park engineering work.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Scituate

  • Timothy Picard (uri.edu)
  • It's more than football on Friday night. Here's the rest of the scores (providencejournal.com)
  • Hope Man Charged With Stealing More Than $10,000 in Property and Accessing a Computer for Fraud After Surrendering to Rhode Island State Police Friday (centralrecorder.com)

Smithfield

  • Smithfield Hears Testimony on Transgender Student Policy (upriseri.com)
  • Smithfield faces legal action over data center ban, project review (wpri.com)

Ok Glocester! 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: "Why was the scarecrow given an award?" — Because he was outstanding in his field! (Thank you Teresa M. for sending it in!)
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