🌱 Patch AM: Why a Jamestown neighbor built a watchdog site for Quonset projects

Hello Jamestown! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Why a Jamestown neighbor built a watchdog site for Quonset projects
• What's new at Beech in Jamestown's evolving dining scene?

Also on today's calendar: RWU Law Providence Law School Fair and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What did the bartender say to the jumper cables when they walked in? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy with a shower, with a high of 75 and low of 64 degrees.
• Thursday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 75, low: 65.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and humid, with a high of 82 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Green Projects Cause Big Stink (ecori.org) — Industrial projects at Quonset Business Park are drawing concern not only in North Kingstown but also in Jamestown, where resident Kirstin Reveron launched the Quonset Watch website to track impacts across Narragansett Bay. Neighbors describe strong asphalt odors, worry about a proposed sewage-sludge pyrolysis plant and massive battery facility, and are pressing state agencies for transparency, stricter oversight, and better public input.
   

• Rhode Island's latest food buzz includes a celebrity chef and a wine window (oceanstatemedia.org) — Jamestown diners will notice changes at Beech, where Conanicut Restaurant Group has teamed up with Boston celebrity chef Michael Schlow to refine a seafood-and-pasta-focused menu. The broader Rhode Island Monthly issue also spotlights a local reality cooking contestant, a tiny new wine-window bar in Providence, and a poignant story about a family leaving Big River Management Area.
   

📸 Around Jamestown

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Jamestown

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★ Featured events ★

Friday September 18
• RWU Law Providence Law School Fair →
  Providence Marriott Downtown, 1 Orms St, Providence
  12:00 pm
Sunday September 20
• 2026 Paddle for Progress RI →
  Gardner's Wharf 170 Main Street North Kingstown, RI 02852,
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Friday September 18
• Candlelight: Tribute to Fleetwood Mac →
  Belcourt of Newport, 657 Bellevue Ave, Newport
  9:00 pm
Tuesday September 22
• VHBC PRIDE'S 4TH ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT →
  Jamestown Golf Course, 245 Conanicus Ave, Jamestown
  9:00 am

📣 Jamestown Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday September 2
• JUNIORS Photos taken
  NORTH KINGSTOWN SR. HIGH North Kingstown, RI 02852
  7:15 am
• JR Photos taken
  NORTH KINGSTOWN SR. HIGH North Kingstown, RI 02852
  7:15 am
• Newport / Middletown Situation Table →
  Middletown, RI Calendar, 239 Wyatt Road, Middletown
  9:00 am
• Aquidneck Growers Market →
  Middletown, RI Calendar, Memorial Blvd, Newport
  2:00 pm
• Girl Scout Troop #187 Newport/Middletown RI →
  Middletown, RI Calendar, 239 Wyatt Road, Middletown
  4:30 pm
• Ferry Road Fiction Book Discussion
  Willett Free Library 45 Ferry Road, Saunderstown, RI 02874
  5:00 pm
• Economic Development Committee →
  South Kingstown, RI Calendar, 180 High Street Planning Department, Wakefield
  5:00 pm
• Popular Fiction Book Discussion
  Willett Free Library 45 Ferry Road, Saunderstown, RI 02874
  5:00 pm
• Easton's Point Association Monthly Meeting →
  Middletown, RI Calendar, 239 Wyatt Road, Middletown
  5:45 pm
• Library Building Committee Meeting →
  Middletown, RI Calendar, 700 West Main Road, Middletown
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Groundwork Operations, LLC posted a job opening for General Production and Stagehand Crew in Newport. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Newport

• Classic yachts parade through Newport Harbor Sunday morning (whatsupnewp.com)

Middletown

• Middletown, RI Planning Board — October 6, 2026 (meetingwatch.org)

Ok Jamestown! 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: Don't you 2 start anything (Thank you Mary L. for sending it in!)
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