🌱 Patch AM: How a URI fellow is helping Scituate rethink its park spaces

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In today's newsletter:

• How a URI fellow is helping Scituate rethink its park spaces

Also on today's calendar: Ponaganset Girls Varsity Soccer @ Scituate.

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Periods of rain, with a high of 72 and low of 63 degrees.
• Saturday: Cloudy, showers around; humid, temps: high: 71, low: 65.
• Sunday: Heavy rain in the morning, with a high of 78 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Designing parks with Rhode Island communities: Q&A with Anthony Cordova (uri.edu) — Scituate is one of three Rhode Island communities working with a URI landscape architecture fellow to reimagine local parks using resident input and site history. Through the Regenerative Community Design Lab, Anthony Cordova helped towns like Scituate develop conceptual designs and reports they can use to seek grants and guide future park improvements.
   

📸 Around Scituate

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Scituate

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday September 1
• Hope Boys Varsity Soccer @ Scituate →
  Scituate High School, 94 Trimtown Rd North, Scituate
  4:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday September 7
• Ponaganset Girls Varsity Soccer @ Scituate →
  Scituate High School, 94 Trimtown Rd North, Scituate
  4:30 pm
Tuesday September 8
• EWGHS Girls Varsity Volleyball @ Scituate →
  Scituate High School, 94 Trimtown Rd North, Scituate
  6:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday August 22
• NorthStar Special Olympics Team (SHS Track)
  Smithfield Senior High School Smithfield, RI 02917
  7:30 am
Monday August 24
• Back to School for Staff- Lifetouch Staff Photos
  Smithfield Senior High School Smithfield, RI 02917
  7:30 am
• Escada Restaurant & Bar – Johnston – RI →
  Escada Restaurant & Bar, 39 Putnam Pike, Johnston
  6:30 pm
• Harmony Café – Manville, RI →
  Harmony Cafe, 47 Summer St, Manville
  7:00 pm
• Taylor Hollingsworth with Stev Delmonico and Rachel Jorgensen →
  The Parlour Providence, 1119 N Main St, Providence
  8:00 pm
Tuesday August 25
• CHIODOS: IT'S NOT YOU, IT'S ME TOUR →
  Fete Music Hall, 103 Dike St, Providence
  6:00 pm
Thursday August 27
• Comedy Night →
  Napolitano's Lounge & Brooklyn Pizzeria, 375 Putnam Pike, Smithfield
  8:30 pm
Saturday August 29
• Los Tigres del Norte →
  Amica Mutual Pavilion, 1 Lasalle Sq #1, Providence
  8:00 pm
Wednesday September 2
• Morning tours of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse →
  Edgewood Yacht Club, 1 Shaw Ave, Cranston
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• The Home Depot, Inc. posted a job opening for Customer Service/Sales in Johnston. Apply here.
• Public Storage, Inc. posted a job opening for Customer Service - Self Storage Manager in Cranston. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Scituate here.

🗞 Nearby News

Johnston

• Faith, Food, and Tradition: St. Rocco's Feast Unites Generations in Johnston (thericatholic.com)
• Students get exciting peek at their brand new classrooms (johnstonsunrise.net)
• Failed eminent domain case puts town land grab on the ballot (johnstonsunrise.net)

Cranston

• QB Leroux aims to help Falcons soar even higher this season (providencejournal.com)

Providence

• Wanted MA Man Arrested After Providence Traffic Stop: Cops (patch.com)
• Providence Man Arrested On Gun And Drug Charges: Cops (patch.com)

Ok Scituate! 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 sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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