🌱 Patch AM: How new crisis training could change Jamestown police responses to emergencies

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In today's newsletter:

• How new crisis training could change Jamestown police responses to emergencies

Also on today's calendar: 2nd Annual Japan-America Friendship Festival is Back in Newport! and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do some birds fly south for the winter? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: A stray a.m. shower; clearing, with a high of 68 and low of 53 degrees.
• Tuesday: Some sun, then clouds, temps: high: 64, low: 60.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny, nice and warm, with a high of 73 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Aquidneck Community Table and Crisis Intervention Teams of R.I. each win $65,000 from the Rhode Island Foundation (whatsupnewp.com) — Jamestown residents should know that local police will receive new crisis-intervention training through a $65,000 Rhode Island Foundation grant to Crisis Intervention Teams of R.I. The program will help officers across Newport County, including Jamestown, better de-escalate behavioral health emergencies and connect people with care. Another $65,000 grant will expand a Middletown food hub serving the wider region.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Jamestown

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 17
• 2nd Annual Japan-America Friendship Festival is Back in Newport! →
  5 Touro Park St W, Newport
  10:00 am
Sunday October 18
• Save The Bay and ORCA: International Coastal Cleanup - Fort Wetherill Cleanup with ORCA →
  3 Fort Wetherill Rd, Jamestown, RI 02835,
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Friday October 16
• Glow Ball Scramble at Jamestown Golf Course →
  Jamestown Golf Course, Jamestown
  6:00 pm
Wednesday October 21
• Open Mic: Wednesday Night Live At The Ganny →
  Narragansett Cafe, 25 Narragansett Ave, Jamestown
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 24
• Moving Sale →
  51 Surrey Ln, North Kingstown
  8:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday October 12
• Revolution Reimagined: Evolving Stories from Newport's Past at Rosecliff →
  Rosecliff, 548 Bellevue Ave., Newport
  9:00 am
Tuesday October 13
• Sensory Friendly Hour at The Sailing Museum →
  The Sailing Museum & National Sailing Hall of Fame, 365 Thames St., Newport
  10:00 am
• October Family Movie Nights at The Sailing Museum →
  The Sailing Museum & National Sailing Hall of Fame, 365 Thames St., Newport
  5:00 pm
Wednesday October 14
• Aquidneck Farmers' Market →
  Aquidneck Growers Market (Wednesdays), 31 Chapel Street, Newport
  2:00 pm
• Aquidneck Growers Market →
  Memorial Blvd, Newport
  2:00 pm
• Rainbow Resilience →
  EBCAP Recovery Center Newport, 23 Marlboro Street, Newport
  5:00 pm
• Comida y Conversación Comunitaria →
  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center, Newport
  5:00 pm
• Community Meal and Spanish Listening Session - Comida y Conversación Comunitaria →
  Martin Luther King Community Center, Newport
  5:00 pm
• Merit Badge Watercolor Workshop with Downtown Designs →
  The Vernon House, 46 Clarke Street, Newport
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I'm looking for a professional balloon artist to perform at a Halloween party for kids in East Greenwich in a couple of weeks.
  Any leads would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance. (Nextdoor Beavertail)

• GPAC posted a job opening for Audit Supervisor in Jamestown. Apply here.
• Disabledperson, Inc posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate at Walmart in Newport, Rhode Island in Newport. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Jamestown here.

🗞 Nearby News

Newport

• Newport Mansions Christmas 2026: Events, Lights & Ticket Guide (live959.com)
• Cheapest regular gas in cities across Newport County in week ending Oct. 3 (southcotimes.com)
• Hurricane Rachel Obliterates 20-Foot Berms and Turns Newport Beach Streets Into the Pacific (Aerial Footage) (surfer.com)

Middletown

• They invited me for a walk, but gave me a new appreciation for RI (newportri.com)

Portsmouth

• Verizon Fiber Work Begins in Portsmouth: What to Know (upriseri.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do some birds fly south for the winter?" — Because it's too far to walk..! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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