🌱 Patch AM: How a Lincoln industrial park quietly powers your food packaging.

What's up Lincoln! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How a Lincoln industrial park quietly powers your food packaging.
• DUI crash on Route 146: what state police say happened.
• What Fidelity's new $100M rule means for one Lincoln advisor.

Also on today's calendar: Lincoln VISION Group and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 66 and low of 52 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 73, low: 47.
• Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 68 and low of 44 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• A Lincoln firm makes the machines that make your food packaging (newportri.com) — Windmoeller & Hoelscher's North American headquarters operates from an industrial park in Lincoln, supporting the machines that create much of the plastic film and packaging used for everyday foods. The Lincoln facility focuses on sales, service, and a large parts warehouse, and was recently recognized as a Top Workplace in Rhode Island for its strong employee-focused culture.
   

• Man arrested on DUI charge in Lincoln (newportdispatch.com) — State police responded to a drunken driving crash on Route 146 in Lincoln Monday night, arresting a Cranston man whose blood alcohol level tested more than twice the legal limit. He and another man arrested later in Providence were both processed at the Lincoln Woods Barracks, with one released to a guardian and the other held as a bail violator.
   

• Custodians, RIA Platforms Target Fidelity Clients on Heels of $100M Minimum (wealthmanagement.com) — A Lincoln-based financial planner, Angela Thomson of Coastal Financial Planning, is among many smaller advisors told by Fidelity they no longer meet its new $100 million asset minimum. She plans to retire and sell her practice instead of switching custodians, while rival firms like Schwab, Betterment, and Axos aggressively court advisors displaced by Fidelity's decision.
   

📸 Around Lincoln

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lincoln

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday October 8
• Unlimited Paintball OR Lazer Tag + 2 Slices of Pizza ONLY $30 →
  Battlegroundz, 100 Higginson Ave, Lincoln
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday October 7
• Conservation Commission →
  Lincoln, RI Calendar, 100 Old River Road, Lincoln
  7:00 pm
Thursday October 8
• Municipal Court →
  Lincoln, RI Calendar Lincoln, RI 02865
  6:00 pm
Friday October 9
• Lincoln VISION Group →
  Lincoln Senior Center, 150 Jenckes Hill Road, Lincoln
  10:00 am
• Lincoln VISION Group (Topic: Disclosure and Self Advocacy) →
  Lincoln Senior Center, 150 Jenckes Hill Road, Lincoln
  10:00 am
• Friday Special 6-Hour Sessions →
  Battlegroundz, 100 Higginson Ave, Lincoln
  4:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• Moshassuck River Preserve Hike →
  3 Sherman Ave, Lincoln
  9:00 am
Tuesday October 13
• $20 Airsoft Tuesday →
  Battlegroundz, 100 Higginson Ave, Lincoln
  5:00 pm
• Tenant Board →
  Lincoln, RI Calendar Lincoln, RI 02865
  6:00 pm

📣 Lincoln Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday October 7
• Community Vaccination Clinic @Cumberland High School Cafeteria
  Cumberland High School, 2600 Mendon Rd, Cumberland
  4:00 pm
• Book Launch Celebration →
  The Guild, 461 Main Street, Pawtucket
  6:00 pm
Thursday October 8
• Visit Old Slater Mill National Historic Landmark →
  Pawtucket RI
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Looking for a Reliable House Cleaner
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• Brinker International posted a job opening for Server - GW Highway Chili's in Lincoln. Apply here.
• Oak St. Health posted a job opening for Shift Supervisor in Cumberland. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lincoln here.

🗞 Nearby News

Central Falls

• Colorful electric boxes bring beauty and community to the streets of Central Falls (wpri.com)
• RIPTA Studies Light Rail, Rapid Bus Routes Connecting Providence Metro Cities (wror.com)
• Looking for Monday's RI high school scores. We've got you covered (newportri.com)

North Providence

• Laurence J. Donahue Jr. - Villages-News.com (villages-news.com)

Pawtucket

• Providence Man Charged With Driving On Suspended, Revoked Or Canceled License: Cops (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly?" — Stationary (Thank you David H. for sending it in!)
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