🌱 Patch AM: How a Narragansett neighbor’s hunch saved a deaf dog’s life.

Hello Narragansett! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How a Narragansett neighbor's hunch saved a deaf dog's life.

Also on today's calendar: Book Launch and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the fish blush ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 79 and low of 56 degrees.
• Tuesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 80, low: 61.
• Wednesday: Cloudy; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 76 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• RI Rescuers Find 14-Year-Old Deaf Dog, 5 Days After Going Missing (golocalprov.com) — Two Narragansett residents played key roles in finding a 14-year-old deaf dog that bolted into woods near South Kingstown's recreation center and stayed missing for nearly five days. After coordinated searches by animal control, volunteers, and drone teams, a Narragansett woman followed a hunch into the brush, discovered the tangled, whimpering dog, and helped reunite him safely with his grateful family.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Narragansett

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 12
• Book Launch →
  Maury Loontjens Memorial Library, 25 Pier Market Pl, Narragansett
  2:30 pm
Sunday September 13
• Horse Play's Fun Day →
  Horse Play, 143 Gilbert Stuart Rd, North Kingstown
  9:00 am
Sunday September 20
• 2026 Paddle for Progress RI →
  Gardner's Wharf 170 Main Street North Kingstown, RI 02852,
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Tuesday September 8
• Lapsit Story Time! →
  Narragansett RI
  10:00 am
Wednesday September 9
• Melanie Benjamin In Conversation with Julie Gerstenblatt →
  The Contemporary Theater Company, 327 Main St, South Kingstown
  6:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• Ghostly Fun- Clay Class →
  344 Main St, South Kingstown
  9:00 am
• Dahlia Days Art Market →
  The Dahlia Patch, 120 Plain Meeting House Rd, West Greenwich
  10:00 am
• 50th Reunion Class Of 1976 →
  Laurel Lane Country Club, 309 Laurel Ln, South Kingstown
  6:00 pm
Sunday September 13
• Animal Rescue Rhode Island: Bark on the Beach →
  39 Boston Neck Rd, Narragansett
  9:30 am
Friday September 18
• RWU Law Providence Law School Fair →
  Providence Marriott Downtown, 1 Orms St, Providence
  12:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• Hand,Foot and Paw Prints in Clay →
  344 Main St, South Kingstown
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• InstaSwim posted a job opening for Private Swim Instructor in Narragansett. Apply here.
• Global Elite posted a job opening for Remote Client Benefits Advisor in Kingston. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Narragansett here.

🗞 Nearby News

South Kingstown

• Wrong-way diver arrested for DUI (wpri.com)
• South Kingstown, RI Planning Board — September 10, 2026 (meetingwatch.org)
• About South County: Casimiro should have resigned long before she was forced to (independentri.com)

Kingston

• URI's upset hopes vs. Temple vanished after two costly pick-sixes (providencejournal.com)

North Kingstown

• Roadside garden in North Kingstown is home to an exotic flower (newportri.com)

Ok Narragansett! 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: It saw the ocean's bottom! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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