🌱 Patch AM: How new THC limits could shake Hopkinton’s booming hemp drink market

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• How new THC limits could shake Hopkinton's booming hemp drink market

Today's riddle: What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Some rain in the afternoon, with a high of 62 and low of 55 degrees.
• Monday: A passing morning shower, temps: high: 71, low: 51.
• Tuesday: Some sun, then clouds, with a high of 64 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• The end is near for US hemp THC market. But uncertainty continues for Rhode Island growers. • Oregon Capital Chronicle (oregoncapitalchronicle.com) — Hemp growers in Hopkinton face major uncertainty as new federal THC limits are set to sharply restrict the strength of hemp-derived drinks and other products sold across Rhode Island starting December 11. Local farm Lovewell and more than 200 licensed hemp businesses must now decide what to do with existing inventory and future planting plans while state regulators await clearer federal guidance.
   

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Monday October 12
• Ashaway PTO Read A Thon
  Chariho Regional SD Wood River Junction, RI 02894
Tuesday October 13
• RES Picture Day
  Chariho Regional SD Wood River Junction, RI 02894
• RES Open House (Grades K-2)
  Richmond Elementary School
  5:30 pm
Wednesday October 14
• RES Open House (Grades 3&4)
  Richmond Elementary School
  5:30 pm
Wednesday October 21
• RES Family Game Night
  Chariho Regional SD Wood River Junction, RI 02894
  5:30 pm
Friday October 23
• Ashaway PTO Trunk or Treat
  Chariho Regional SD Wood River Junction, RI 02894
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday October 11
• RISAA Surf Challenge Awards and Breakfast →
  Rims Clubhouse, 104 S Woody Hill Rd, Westerly
  8:00 am
• Pilates & Pints - NEW DATE!!! →
  Tilted Barn Brewery, One Hemsley Place, Exeter
  11:00 am
• Pilates & Pints →
  Tilted Barn Brewery, One Hemsley Place, Exeter
  11:00 am
• Oktoberfest →
  Grey Sail Taproom, 65 Canal Street, Westerly
  12:00 pm
• Westerly Band at Westerly Columbus Day Parade
  Westerly High School Parade begins at , down Granite Street to Grove Street. Up Grove to High street. Down High St., Over Canal and over Stillman ave Bridge. into CT Up Stillman Ave to Liberty St (RT2). Down Liberty and back to downtown. Review Stand
  1:00 pm
• Dear Friend: Franklin and Babcock Correspondence →
  BSHM Carriage House, 124 Granite Street, Westerly
  2:00 pm

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• SAS Retail Services posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser in Ashaway. Apply here.
• JCPenney posted a job opening for Seasonal Retail Associate - Franklin Shpng Plaza in Westerly. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hopkinton here.

🗞 Nearby News

Charlestown

• Voters in Charlestown, Hopkinton, and Richmond will decide a $116 million Chariho school bond on November 3 to fund a consolidated elementary campus. (progressive-charlestown.com)
• Washington County saw lowest price for midgrade gas at $4.69 in week ending Oct. 3 (southcotimes.com)

Westerly

• Westerly to apply for up to $625K in Community Development Block Grant funds (thewesterlysun.com)
• Charlestown's state Senator Victoria Gu debates her LORIB-endorsed opponent (progressive-charlestown.com)
• Weekly High School Schedule: Tuesday Oct. 13 to Saturday, Oct. 17 (thewesterlysun.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath?" — A dirty double crosser ! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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