🌱 Patch AM: How two new grants could reshape food access and policing in Middletown.

What's up Middletown! 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 two new grants could reshape food access and policing in Middletown.

Also on today's calendar: RWU Law Providence Law School Fair and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: A shower in the afternoon, with a high of 80 and low of 64 degrees.
• Monday: An afternoon shower or two, temps: high: 77, low: 64.
• Tuesday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 73 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Rhode Island Foundation gives out $5.4M in Grants for Housing, Food, Health Care and Police Training (rinewstoday.com) — Middletown is set to benefit directly from Rhode Island Foundation grants, with $65,000 for CIT-RI's police behavioral-health training and another $65,000 for Aquidneck Community Table's new year-round food and community hub near the Newport border. The broader $5.4 million package also supports housing, health care, education, arts, and environmental efforts across the state, aiming to ease rising costs and strengthen community services.
   

📸 Around Middletown

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Middletown

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★ Featured events ★

Friday September 18
• RWU Law Providence Law School Fair →
  Providence Marriott Downtown, 1 Orms St, Providence
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday August 31
• Music At The Beach With The Ravers Followed By Fireworks →
  Middletown, RI Calendar, 315 Sachuest Point Road, Middletown
  6:00 pm
Wednesday September 2
• Newport / Middletown Situation Table →
  Middletown, RI Calendar, 239 Wyatt Road, Middletown
  9:00 am
• Aquidneck Growers Market →
  Middletown, RI Calendar, Memorial Blvd, Newport
  2:00 pm
• Girl Scout Troop #187 Newport/Middletown RI →
  Middletown, RI Calendar, 239 Wyatt Road, Middletown
  4:30 pm
• Easton's Point Association Monthly Meeting →
  Middletown, RI Calendar, 239 Wyatt Road, Middletown
  5:45 pm
• Library Building Committee Meeting →
  Middletown, RI Calendar, 700 West Main Road, Middletown
  6:00 pm
Thursday September 3
• Probate Court →
  Middletown, RI Calendar, 350 East Main Road, Middletown
  8:30 am
• Affordable Housing Committee →
  Middletown, RI Calendar, 239 Wyatt Road, Middletown
  6:00 pm

📣 Middletown Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday August 30
• Melo Green — umbrellaskynpt.org →
  Brick Marketplace, Goddard Row, Newport
  12:00 pm
Monday August 31
• First Day of School for Students
  Bristol Warren Regional SD All Schools
• Pine House Kitchen and Bar – Tiverton, RI →
  Pine House Kitchen & Bar, 13 Crandall Rd, Tiverton
  6:00 pm
Monday September 7
• No School/Holiday - Labor Day
  Bristol Warren Regional SD Bristol, RI 02809

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• The Home Depot, Inc. posted a job opening for Lot Associate in Middletown. Apply here.
• PSG Global Solutions posted a job opening for Quality Assurance Manager in Newport. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Middletown here.

🗞 Nearby News

Newport

• Sip & Guzzle wraps up two-day residency at The Vanderbilt (whatsupnewp.com)
• David Frei shares loving tribute to dog show co-host Mary Carillo before International Tennis HOF induction (sportingnews.com)
• Juul gets OK to sell updated vaping device with age-gating technology (wpri.com)

Jamestown

• Forecast: Sweaty with scattered hot flashes (stripes.com)

Ok Middletown! 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: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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