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Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? đ€ (Answer below!)
1. Smithfield Council Approves First Local Historic District (upriseri.com) â Smithfield's Town Council has created the town's first local historic district, limited to two town-owned buildings so the town can seek federal preservation grants, and also rejected a proposed collective bargaining policy. Councilors clashed over funding for local nonprofits amid concerns about possible overspending, advanced work on water, sewer, and trail projects, and scheduled their next meeting for October 20 at the senior center.
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2. Smithfield Police Annual Report: DUIs, Cameras, Clearances (upriseri.com) â Smithfield residents now have fresh details on their police department's work, including 34 DUI arrests, 213 commercial vehicle citations, and the rollout of body cameras in the latest annual report. The story explains how to read those activity numbers alongside the department's previously reported 53.49% clearance rate, and points residents to state crime-data portals for independent comparisons.
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3. La Salle Academy Field Hockey (newsbreak.com) â La Salle Academy's varsity field hockey team recently traveled to Smithfield High School and shut out Smithfield 4â0, one of several early-season games already on the books. The running recap lists wins and losses against Barrington, North Kingstown, Moses Brown, and others, plus links to past seasons' stats and schedules for fans tracking local high school play.
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4. Smithfield Man Charged With 1985 Newport Murder Of 22-Year-old Woman (patch.com) â A Smithfield man has been arrested in connection with the 1985 killing of 22-year-old Hillary Hellewell in Newport, after preserved DNA evidence was matched through analysis of his discarded trash. Newport police say the decades-old case, long without a viable suspect, advanced when the new DNA profile aligned with evidence collected at the original crime scene.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" â A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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