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🌱 Patch AM: Why Lake Washington visitors in Glocester are being told to stay out
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Morning Glocester! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Why Lake Washington visitors in Glocester are being told to stay out
Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Sun through high clouds, with a high of 65 and low of 43 degrees.
- Sunday: Some rain in the afternoon, temps: high: 64, low: 55.
- Monday: Some rain in the morning, with a high of 67 and low of 52 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Harmful algae bloom prompts advisory for Lake Washington in Glocester (turnto10.com) — If you visit Lake Washington in Glocester, state health and environmental officials are urging you to stay out of the water due to a harmful blue-green algae bloom. Swimming, fishing, boating, and kayaking are discouraged, and neither people nor pets should drink or swim in the lake until further testing shows it's safe again. 
📸 Around Glocester
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Glocester
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★ Featured events ★
- Fraud Awareness Seminar →
Bella Restaurant, 1992 Victory Highway, Harrisville
11:00 am
Thursday October 15
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🗓 Events Nearby
- NETRA Hare Scramble →
Chepachet, Chepachet - NETRA Hare Scramble In Chepachet, RI →
Chepachet RI - Powerful Plants in the Garden →
Powder Mill Ledges Wildlife Refuge, 12 Sanderson Road, Smithfield
1:00 pm - Assembly of Food Trucks 2026 →
The Assembly Theatre, East Ave, Harrisville
4:00 pm - Assembly of The Trucks →
26 East Ave, Harrisville
4:00 pm - Adult/Junior Tennis - SCWTF (Greenville, RI) →
Rally Point Racquet Club, 15 Church St, Greenville
4:30 pm - Library closed
Marian J. Mohr Memorial Library, 1 Memorial Avenue, Johnston - Closed for Columbus Day →
North Smithfield Library, 20 Main St, Slatersville - COLUMBUS DAY - Town Hall CLOSED →
North Smithfield, RI Calendar North Smithfield, RI 02896 - Food Trucks @ Johnston Memorial Park →
1583 Hartford Ave, Johnston
11:30 am - Mayor Joseph Polisena Jr.'s 4th Annual Columbus Day Food Truck Feast →
Johnston War Memorial Park, 1583 Hartford Ave, Johnston
11:30 am
Sunday October 11
Monday October 12
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🗞 Nearby News
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- These are the RI fall festivals and activities worth adding to your list (providencejournal.com)
- Two football playoff systems that would work and Week 5 picks (newportri.com)
- Scituate Schools Shift $883,000 Surplus to Capital Projects (upriseri.com)
Smithfield
- Smithfield Council Splits Over Town-Aid Grants and Budget (upriseri.com)
- Smithfield Continues Donation Bin Ordinance Hearing (upriseri.com)
Johnston
- 2 Dirt Bikes Stolen From Johnston Garage: Cops (patch.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: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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