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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.
   

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🗞 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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