🌱 Patch AM: How a North Kingstown card shop hit the hobby jackpot.

Good morning North Kingstown! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How a North Kingstown card shop hit the hobby jackpot.

Also on today's calendar: RWU Law Providence Law School Fair and 8 more events.

And lastly, we have a post from a neighbor, Patty T.!

Today's riddle: What has a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Clouds and sun; less humid, with a high of 78 and low of 57 degrees.
• Sunday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 82, low: 65.
• Monday: An afternoon shower or two, with a high of 83 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Cooper Flagg's Mavericks Debut Just Became Even More Valuable (heavy.com) — A rare Cooper Flagg rookie card, pulled during a livestream at Baseball Cards of Rhode Island in North Kingstown, is headed to Fanatics Collect's September Premier Auction. The one-of-one Rookie Debut Patch Autograph, graded PSA 10, could command a huge price and has already drawn intense national attention from collectors and major auction houses.
   

📸 Around North Kingstown

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🗓 Upcoming Events in North Kingstown

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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
• First Day of School - Grades 1 - 5
  SUZANNE M. HENSELER QUIDNESSET North Kingstown, RI 02852
• Kindergarten Orientation
  SUZANNE M. HENSELER QUIDNESSET North Kingstown, RI 02852
• FROSH PHOTOS Taken
  NORTH KINGSTOWN SR. HIGH North Kingstown, RI 02852
  8:00 am
Tuesday September 1
• First Day of School - Kindergarten
  SUZANNE M. HENSELER QUIDNESSET North Kingstown, RI 02852
• SOPH Photos taken
  NORTH KINGSTOWN SR. HIGH North Kingstown, RI 02852
  7:15 am
• Planning Commission Meeting →
  North Kingstown, RI Calendar, 80 Boston Neck Road, North Kingstown
  6:30 pm
Wednesday September 2
• JR Photos taken
  NORTH KINGSTOWN SR. HIGH North Kingstown, RI 02852
  7:15 am
• Ferry Road Fiction Book Discussion
  Willett Free Library 45 Ferry Road, Saunderstown, RI 02874
  5:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• RI Dahlia Society Annual Dalia Show →
  Cold Spring Community Center, 30 Beach St, North Kingstown
  3:00 pm
Sunday September 13
• RI Dahlia Annual Dahlia Show →
  Cold Spring Community Center, 30 Beach St, North Kingstown
  10:00 am

🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday August 29
• HOT PEAS 'N BUTTER →
  The Greenwich Odeum, 59 Main St, East Greenwich
  1:00 pm
• Hot PeasNButter →
  The Greenwich Odeum, 59 Main St, East Greenwich
  1:00 pm
• The Revolution Comes to Watson Farm →
  Historic New England's Watson Farm, 455 North Rd, Jamestown
  1:30 pm
• James Gagne @ Sunset Cove in Portsmouth, RI →
  Sunset Cove, 706 Park Ave, Portsmouth
  5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• US Foods posted a job opening for DoD SkillBridge: Transportation Manager in North Kingstown. Apply here.
• TJX Companies, Inc. posted a job opening for Merchandise Associate in North Kingstown. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near North Kingstown here.

🗞 Nearby News

Kingston

• NK Council approves majority of costs for public safety complex (independentri.com)
• Inside the Position Room: New Roles Take Shape on Special Teams (gorhody.com)
• Shortchanged RIPTA Flexes On Demand (ecori.org)

Exeter

• From police training to housing help, where $5.4M will be spent (newportri.com)

Warwick

• Warwick Man Charged With Driving While License Suspended: Cops (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A bottle (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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