🌱 Patch AM: Speeding Vehicle Found Smashed Against Tree: Hopkinton Police

Hey there, Hopkinton! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• High-speed Ashaway crash leaves young Hopkinton driver seriously injured
• How a $116 million school plan could reshape Hopkinton classrooms

Also on today's calendar: Fall Kickoff Guided Walk at Grills Wildlife Sanctuary and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: I'm a rock group with 4 members; one member was assassinated. What am I? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Clouds, then sun; not as warm, with a high of 78 and low of 47 degrees.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, temps: high: 77, low: 58.
• Sunday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 73 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Speeding Vehicle Found Smashed Against Tree: Hopkinton Police (patch.com) — Hopkinton residents are being urged to contact police if they witnessed a high-speed crash on High Street in Ashaway that left a 20-year-old local driver seriously injured. Police say the car passed another vehicle in a no-passing zone before being found heavily damaged against a tree near Trinity Lutheran Church, with firefighters and EMTs coordinating an airlift to Rhode Island Hospital.
   

• Chariho Committee Approves Elementary Campus Stage II (upriseri.com) — Hopkinton voters will soon help decide a roughly $116 million bond for a new unified elementary campus serving the Chariho district, with the project now cleared to appear on the ballot. The school committee also declined to seek a legal opinion on a proposed transgender sports eligibility policy, and residents, including a Hopkinton speaker, raised concerns about transparency, student mental health, and project details.
   

📸 Around Hopkinton

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hopkinton

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 26
• Liberty Tree Planting: Town of Hopkinton →
  Crandall Field Park, 188 Main St A, Ashaway
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday September 16
• RES Ice Cream Social
  Richmond Elementary School
  5:00 pm
Thursday September 17
• Charlestown Open House, K-4
  Chariho Regional SD Wood River Junction, RI 02894
  4:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• Fall Kickoff Guided Walk at Grills Wildlife Sanctuary →
  Grills Wildlife Sanctuary, Hopkinton, Hopkinton
  10:00 am
• Luck Of The Draw Doubles Tennis Tournament For Charity →
  Pondview Racquet Club, 252 Shore Rd, Westerly
  12:00 pm
Sunday September 20
• RES Golf fundraiser
  Beaver River Golf Course
  12:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday September 11
• The Preserve Open →
  The Preserve Sporting Club & Residences, 1 Preserve Boulevard, Richmond
  8:00 am
• Sophomore Assembly (Ward Auditorium)
  Westerly Public Schools Westerly, RI 02891
  8:50 am
• In Our Nation's Defense. Military Stories on the Thames →
  Ocean Community Chamber of Commerce Submarine Force Museum 1 Crystal Lake Rd, Groton 06340
  3:00 pm
• Rosh Hashanah
  Ocean Community Chamber of Commerce 715 Noank Ledyard Road Mystic, CT 06355
  4:00 pm
• Quiet Mindfulness Walk in the Woods →
  Mill Pond Preserve, 4962 South County Trail, Charlestown
  4:00 pm
• The Ocean House →
  The Ocean House, 1 Bluff Ave, Westerly
  6:30 pm

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Northeast Family Services posted a job opening for DSP / Direct Support Professional in Ashaway. Apply here.
• Walmart posted a job opening for Stocking Team Supervisor in Westerly. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hopkinton here.

🗞 Nearby News

Charlestown

• Police: Two uninjured in Richmond plane crash (thewesterlysun.com)
• Rhode Island's 'Taylor Swift tax' on vacation homes aims to boost affordable housing (csmonitor.com)
• Primary results: LORIB loses, real Democrats win (progressive-charlestown.com)

Westerly

• Local Roundup: Westerly girls soccer wins first game of season (thewesterlysun.com)
• Calm polls, varied concerns: Westerly voters weigh in on primary day (thewesterlysun.com)
• Hotel Viking in Newport has a new look. Can its signature restaurant become a destination of its own? (bostonglobe.com)

Ok Hopkinton! 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: Mount Rushmore (Thank you J.J. W. for sending it in!)
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