🌱 Patch AM: How Portsmouth neighbors can help restock the Aquidneck Food Pantry now

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In today's newsletter:

• How Portsmouth neighbors can help restock the Aquidneck Food Pantry now
• What a new $65K grant means for Portsmouth police responses

Also on today's calendar: 2nd Annual Japan-America Friendship Festival is Back in Newport! and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do some birds fly south for the winter? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: A morning shower in spots, with a high of 68 and low of 53 degrees.
• Tuesday: Some sun, then clouds, temps: high: 64, low: 59.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny, nice and warm, with a high of 73 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Food pantry serves nearly 2,500 in September (eastbayri.com) — Portsmouth families are turning to the Aquidneck Food Pantry in record numbers, with nearly 2,500 people, including 850 children, receiving groceries in September. Based on Chase Road, the all-volunteer pantry is keeping shelves stocked thanks to donations from local churches, businesses, gardeners, and the Portsmouth Free Public Library, and is now seeking more business sponsors and support ahead of the holidays.
   

• Aquidneck Community Table and Crisis Intervention Teams of R.I. each win $65,000 from the Rhode Island Foundation (whatsupnewp.com) — Portsmouth residents will see indirect benefits from a $65,000 Rhode Island Foundation grant that will train local police, including Portsmouth officers, to better handle behavioral health crises. Another $65,000 grant will support a Middletown-based food and community hub serving Newport County, aiming to expand access to fresh, locally grown food and related programs.
   

📸 Around Portsmouth

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Portsmouth

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 17
• 2nd Annual Japan-America Friendship Festival is Back in Newport! →
  5 Touro Park St W, Newport
  10:00 am
Sunday October 18
• Flu Shot Clinic →
  Amicable Church, 3736 Main Rd, Tiverton
• Town Howlers Free Introduction to Square Dancing →
  St. Lucy Catholic Church, 909 W Main Rd, Middletown
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday October 13
• The Art of Shibori with Peter Sterling Turner →
  Portsmouth Arts Guild Gallery, Portsmouth
  12:30 pm
• Town Council Meeting →
  Portsmouth, RI Calendar Portsmouth, RI 02871
  6:30 pm
Wednesday October 14
• Portsmouth Prevention Coalition Meeting →
  SPP Office, 300 High Point Avenue, Portsmouth
  8:30 am
• Island Park Walk →
  Island Park, Portsmouth
  5:00 pm
Friday October 16
• Neal Vitullo Band at VFW Post 5390 →
  VFW Post 5390, 822 Anthony Rd, Portsmouth
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• Fall Into The Holidays Craft Fair →
  Bristol Train of Artillery, 135 State St, Bristol
  10:00 am
• Railway Explorers Sunset Ride →
  Rail Explorers: Rhode Island Division, 1 Alexander Road, Portsmouth
  5:00 pm
Wednesday October 21
• AVM Awareness & Stroke 101: Continuing the Conversation with Morgan Leigh →
  The Pennfield School, 110 Sandy Point Ave, Portsmouth
  9:00 am
Saturday October 24
• First Aid and CPR Training →
  Amicable Church, 3736 Main Rd, Tiverton
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• WITH SO MUCH TELEPHONE AND COMPUTER FRAUD ON THE RISE, this suggested YouTube video channel might be a good consideration to understand how people become so vulnerable into getting scammed.
  After it happens, the Victim would always be the first one to tell you "Oh this would NEVER happen to me", but then it does. The YouTube channel… (Nextdoor Stonegate Drive)
• Just encountered a medium size fluffy dog on Old Mill Ln, Portsmouth 7:25pm.
  I was out walking my dog, it's dark out and there are no street lights so I couldn't see much more other than size. It definitely had a collar, I… (Nextdoor Wapping Rd)

• Genesis Healthcare posted a job opening for Accounts Payable and Receivable Bookkeeper in Middletown. Apply here.
• Tri-Mack Plastics Manufacturing posted a job opening for Assembly & Bonding Technician - 2nd Shift in Bristol. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Portsmouth here.

🗞 Nearby News

Middletown

• They invited me for a walk, but gave me a new appreciation for RI (newportri.com)
• Cheapest regular gas in cities across Newport County in week ending Oct. 3 (southcotimes.com)

Tiverton

• Car crashes into Tiverton seafood restaurant (wpri.com)
• Recap: Tiverton Planning Board Finds Seasons Plan Conflicts With Town Plan (upriseri.com)
• Seasons Water Letter Sparks Tiverton Dispute Over Who Must Obtain It (upriseri.com)

Jamestown

• Courts Sent to Capital Review: What Happens Next (change.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do some birds fly south for the winter?" — Because it's too far to walk..! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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