🌱 Patch AM: Where Middletown’s traffic-loving turkey Gravy is living for good now

Cheers Middletown! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Where Middletown's traffic-loving turkey Gravy is living for good now
• How Rogers' scandal-plagued football team is preparing to face Middletown

Also on today's calendar: Open Mic: Wednesday Night Live at the Ganny and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do evil hens lay? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Humid; a morning shower, with a high of 82 and low of 67 degrees.
• Thursday: Humid; a p.m. shower possible, temps: high: 81, low: 63.
• Friday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 81 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Gravy, the infamous Middletown turkey that loves traffic, has forever home (turnto10.com) — Middletown's celebrity turkey Gravy, known for wandering busy local roads, has been given a permanent home at the Wildlife Clinic of Rhode Island in North Kingstown after being struck by a car and repeatedly returning to traffic. Staff and DEM decided he wasn't safe to release again, and he now lives with two other "education turkeys," with plans to feature him in public programs and share updates with his many Middletown fans.
   

• After scandal ended last season, Rogers football aims to move forward (newportri.com) — Rogers High School's football team, which canceled last season after a locker-room assault on a special needs student, is back on the field and trying to rebuild its culture with a strict 27-point plan and community service. The Vikings are preparing for a nonleague opener at Middletown on Sept. 11, a matchup that will draw plenty of Aquidneck Island attention. Coaches say they're determined to prove the program can move forward the right way.
   

📸 Around Middletown

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Middletown

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday August 19
• Open Mic: Wednesday Night Live at the Ganny →
  Narragansett Cafe, 25 Narragansett Ave, Jamestown
  7:00 pm
Saturday August 22
• Horse Play's Midsummer Fun Day →
  Horse Play, 143 Gilbert Stuart Rd, North Kingstown
  9:00 am
• Joe Rocco's Newport Comedy Series →
  Newport Elks Lodge, 141 Pelham St, Newport, RI, 02840,
  7:30 pm
Sunday August 23
• Gong Bath & Meditation With Sound →
  Common Fence Point Arts, Wellness, and Community Center, 933 Anthony Rd, Portsmouth
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday August 20
• Probate Court →
  Middletown, RI Calendar Middletown, RI 02842
  8:30 am
• Adult Intermediate/Advanced Ballet →
  The Academy at Newport Contemporary Ballet, 3 Charles St, Newport
  5:30 pm
• Adult Beginner Ballet →
  The Academy at Newport Contemporary Ballet, 3 Charles St, Newport
  7:00 pm
Saturday August 22
• Breakfast & Food Pantry Now Available Saturdays At MLK Community Center →
  Middletown, RI Calendar, 20 Dr. Marcus Wheatland Blvd., Newport
• Aquidneck Growers Market →
  Middletown, RI Calendar, 792 Valley Rd, Middletown
  9:00 am
Monday August 24
• Nutcracker Camp →
  The Academy at Newport Contemporary Ballet, 3 Charles St, Newport
  4:00 pm
• Middletown Democratic Town Committee →
  Middletown, RI Calendar, 239 Wyatt Road, Middletown
  5:30 pm
• Music At The Beach With To Be Announced →
  Middletown, RI Calendar, 315 Sachuest Point Road, Middletown
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Recall Alert!
  Indus Foods, LLC, is recalling ready-to-eat pickled goat and chicken products that were produced without the benefit of inspection. Affected… (Nextdoor )

• Burger King posted a job opening for Team Member in Middletown. Apply here.
• Papa Gino's posted a job opening for D'Angelo's Team Member in Middletown. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Middletown here.

🗞 Nearby News

Newport

• What Sold: A look at 17 homes that changed hands last week in Newport County (Aug. 10 (whatsupnewp.com)
• $13.5 million in federal funding headed to Providence Ferry Terminal (whatsupnewp.com)
• Palm Beach residents hit Newport Flower Show to open the social season (palmbeachdailynews.com)

Jamestown

• Jamestown Bridge Bumps Move to Newport-Bound Side Tonight (thenewportbuzz.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Deviled eggs (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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