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In today's newsletter:

• Why cheaper July power may not lower Narragansett winter electric bills
• How a long-lost Narragansett airman is finally coming home

Also on today's calendar: Pop up Gallery and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the tree say when Spring arrived? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: An afternoon t-storm; humid, with a high of 80 and low of 63 degrees.
• Saturday: Some sun; nice, less humid, temps: high: 78, low: 57.
• Sunday: Partly sunny, breezy and nice, with a high of 79 and low of 66 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• July Wholesale Power Prices Fell, ISO New England Says (upriseri.com) — If you live in Narragansett, the key number for your winter electric bill isn't July's cheaper regional wholesale power price, but the Last Resort Service rate now before the Rhode Island PUC in Docket 26-27-EL. ISO New England reports lower year-over-year July prices thanks to cheaper gas and softer demand, yet the article explains how local supply-rate filings, interventions by the Attorney General, and policy charges ultimately decide what appears on your October bill.
   

• Community set to honor local soldier missing since 1944 (independentri.com) — Narragansett and South County residents are preparing to finally lay to rest Franklin "Bud" McKinney, a local airman missing in action since 1944 whose remains were recently identified. He will be buried with full military honors in Wakefield, decades after his wartime reconnaissance plane went down over Thailand. Family memories and military records together trace his journey from Prospect Avenue in Narragansett to his long-awaited homecoming.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Narragansett

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 29
• Pop up Gallery →
  St. Peter's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, 72 Central St, Narragansett
  10:00 am
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

Friday August 28
• Gazebo Summer Concert Series Tom Petty & the Rebels →
  Narragansett Calendar, Gazebo Park, Narragansett
  6:00 pm
Saturday August 29
• Final Summer SALEbration! →
  Peace Dale Congregational Church, 261 Columbia St, South Kingstown
  9:30 am
• Dahlia Days Art Market →
  The Dahlia Patch, 120 Plain Meeting House Rd, West Greenwich
  10:00 am
• Pumpkin Palooza →
  344 Main St, South Kingstown
  11:00 am
• Padma Venkatraman Book Signing at Wakefield Books →
  Wakefield Books, 160 Old Tower Hill Rd, South Kingstown
  11:00 am
• Wakefield Books Pop-Up Bookshop at Ocean State Renaissance Faire →
  Saugatucket Park, Private Unnamed Lane, South Kingstown
  11:00 am
• Fall Pumpkins and Pottery Event - All Day at Rebekah Cook Art →
  344 Main St, South Kingstown
  11:00 am
Tuesday September 1
• Back to School - Mom's Mixed Media Class →
  344 Main St, South Kingstown
  10:00 am
• Conservation Commission - Tree Board →
  Narragansett Calendar, Narragansett Town Hall 25 Fifth Avenue, Narragansett
  5:30 pm
Wednesday September 2
• Hale House Open for the Season →
  Historic Hale House, 2625 Commodore Perry Hwy, South Kingstown
  1:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Lawsuit Seeks Police Records in 2021 Narragansett Death —Tony Jones Read on Patch

• Clearance Jobs posted a job opening for Janitor / Custodial Services Technician Jobs in Narragansett. Apply here.
• University of Rhode Island posted a job opening for Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship, College of Health Sciences in Kingston. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Narragansett here.

🗞 Nearby News

South Kingstown

• Boys Soccer Preview: Rebels go all in on main objective (independentri.com)
• From police training to housing help, where $5.4M will be spent (newportri.com)
• 8 Fall Food Truck Events Around Rhode Island and Nearby (heyrhody.com)

Kingston

• What is a 'tick bomb' and how to avoid them (wpri.com)
• Women's Basketball Non-Conference Schedule Released (newenglandnewspress.com)
• Inside the Facility Advancing Ocean Robotics Research (labdesignnews.com)

East Greenwich

• North Kingstown Man Arrested And Jailed: Cops (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: What a re-leaf! (Thank you Flo G. for sending it in!)
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