🌱 Patch AM: Fall Kickoff Guided Walk at Grills Wildlife Sanctuary and 11 more events

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

Coming up on the calendar:

• Luck Of The Draw Doubles Tennis Tournament For Charity at Pondview Racquet Club
• Charlestown Open House, K-4 at Chariho Regional SD
• Fall Kickoff Guided Walk at Grills Wildlife Sanctuary at Grills Wildlife Sanctuary, Hopkinton

... and check out 2 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What is the difference between black eyed peas and chick peas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 73 and low of 58 degrees.
• Thursday: Mainly cloudy and humid, temps: high: 80, low: 66.
• Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 80 and low of 49 degrees.

📸 Around Hopkinton

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hopkinton

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 19
• Luck Of The Draw Doubles Tennis Tournament For Charity →
  Pondview Racquet Club, 252 Shore Rd, Westerly
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

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
Sunday September 20
• RES Golf fundraiser
  Beaver River Golf Course
  12:00 pm
Saturday September 26
• Liberty Tree Planting: Town of Hopkinton →
  Crandall Field Park, 188 Main St A, Ashaway
  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday September 16
• Equestrian Center Tour →
  Preserve Equestrian Training Stables, 61 Pine Hill Road, Carolina
  2:00 pm
• RICH Meeting →
  Richmond, RI Calendar, 5 Richmond Townhouse Rd., Wyoming
  4:00 pm
• Wind Down Wednesday →
  The Hilltop Spa at The Preserve, 2 Bumblebee Lane, Richmond
  4:30 pm
• RES Ice Cream Social
  Richmond Elementary School
  5:00 pm
• Westerly School Committee →
  Westerly, RI Calendar, 45 Broad St Second Floor, Westerly
  5:30 pm
• Harbor Management Commission →
  Westerly, RI Calendar, 45 Broad St Second Floor, Westerly
  7:00 pm
Thursday September 17
• Rhode Island Stone Walls →
  Barlow Nature Preserve, 449 Westerly Bradford Road, Westerly
• Slow Birding →
  Fort Road, Westerly
  9:00 am

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

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🗞 Nearby News

Charlestown

• Ninigret Park Arts and Crafts Show returns for third year on Saturday (thewesterlysun.com)
• Providence Rail Study Pop-Up Set for PVDFest Saturday (upriseri.com)
• Charlestown Beach Cleanup: Save The Bay Event Details (upriseri.com)

Westerly

• Westerly football team basking in opening 'team win' (thewesterlysun.com)
• Take a trip down to beautiful Westerly and explore South County Distillers (wpri.com)
• South Kingstown rejects hate after anti-Islam banners appear along coast (wpri.com)

West Greenwich

• Woonsocket Man Charged With Driving On Suspended License: Cops (patch.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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