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🌱 Patch AM: How new crisis training could change Jamestown police responses to emergencies
Also, don't miss 2nd Annual Japan-America Friendship Festival is Back in Newport! on the Jamestown Patch calendar
Cheers Jamestown! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️
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!)
- 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. 
📸 Around Jamestown
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Jamestown
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★ Featured events ★
- 2nd Annual Japan-America Friendship Festival is Back in Newport! →
5 Touro Park St W, Newport
10:00 am - Save The Bay and ORCA: International Coastal Cleanup - Fort Wetherill Cleanup with ORCA →
3 Fort Wetherill Rd, Jamestown, RI 02835,
10:00 am
Saturday October 17
Sunday October 18
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Other local events
- Glow Ball Scramble at Jamestown Golf Course →
Jamestown Golf Course, Jamestown
6:00 pm - Open Mic: Wednesday Night Live At The Ganny →
Narragansett Cafe, 25 Narragansett Ave, Jamestown
7:00 pm - Moving Sale →
51 Surrey Ln, North Kingstown
8:00 am
Friday October 16
Wednesday October 21
Saturday October 24
📣 Jamestown Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Revolution Reimagined: Evolving Stories from Newport's Past at Rosecliff →
Rosecliff, 548 Bellevue Ave., Newport
9:00 am - 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 - 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
Monday October 12
Tuesday October 13
Wednesday October 14
Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.
Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Jamestown PatchAM possible:
- Newport Comedy Series — (401) 556-5779
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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)
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: "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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