🌱 Patch AM: How did Johnston’s landfill become Rhode Island’s high-tech trash hub?

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• How did Johnston's landfill become Rhode Island's high-tech trash hub?

Also on today's calendar: 40th ANNUAL "3-Day" CRANSTON GREEK FESTIVAL – SEPTEMBER 11th, 12th and 13th and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the fish blush ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Mostly sunny and warmer, with a high of 80 and low of 56 degrees.
• Tuesday: Sunshine and a few clouds, temps: high: 83, low: 60.
• Wednesday: Cloudy, with a high of 77 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• How Rhode Island's Central Landfill became a modern marvel (providencejournal.com) — Johnston residents host Rhode Island's massive Central Landfill, now touted as an environmental engineering "marvel" that captures methane for electricity and is projected to reach capacity in 2046. The story traces how Johnston land once used for gravel became a statewide trash hub, including past hazardous waste issues and its current role in handling garbage from communities across Rhode Island.
   

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★ Featured events ★

Friday September 11
• 40th ANNUAL "3-Day" CRANSTON GREEK FESTIVAL – SEPTEMBER 11th, 12th and 13th →
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday September 11
• East Providence at Johnston →
  Johnston High School, 345 Cherry Hill Rd, Johnston
  6:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• Taco Barn – Johnston, RI →
  Taco Barn, 198 Putnam Pike, Johnston
  9:00 pm
Monday September 14
• Johnston Town Council Meeting →
  Johnston Municipal Court, Johnston
  7:00 pm
Friday September 18
• RWU Law Providence Law School Fair →
  Providence Marriott Downtown, 1 Orms St, Providence
  12:00 pm
• Classical at Johnston →
  Johnston High School, 345 Cherry Hill Rd, Johnston
  6:00 pm
• Strings →
  Strings, 183 George Waterman Rd., Johnston
  8:00 pm
Monday September 21
• Johnston Republcan Town Committee Monthly Meeting →
  Bishop Hill Tavern, 2868 Hartford Avenue, Johnston
  6:00 pm
• Escada Restaurant & Bar – Johnston – RI →
  Escada Restaurant & Bar, 39 Putnam Pike, Johnston
  6:30 pm
Saturday September 26
• Goldsmith Street Friends Group Volunteer Day on the Greenway →
  15 Goldsmith St., Johnston
  10:00 am
• Taco Barn – Johnston, RI →
  Escada Restaurant & Bar, 39 Putnam Pike, Johnston
  9:00 pm
Tuesday October 6
• Support Group - First Tuesday →
  Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital, 2109 Hartford Ave, Johnston
  4:00 pm

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• SHE IS HOME NOW!
  Thank God. My dog Molly got out from our garage ( Pembroke Dr) while my mom is putting away grocery. Please help me locate her. I'm away from… (Nextdoor Loxley Dr)
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🗞 Nearby News

North Providence

• It was more than football on Friday night. Here's the scores (newportri.com)

Cranston

• Cranston bond outlook cut to negative as fiscal pressures build (tradersunion.com)
• Woman arrested twice in Lincoln, Cranston (newportdispatch.com)
• These are the General Assembly races worth watching on primary day (newportri.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It saw the ocean's bottom! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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