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Also on today's calendar: Steamboats to Ferries: The Story of the Block Island Boat and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. The best local Halloween displays of 2026 in RI, Mass. (wpri.com) — Warwick is packed with Halloween displays this month, from the DeVincent Halloween Cemetery and Pumpkin Patch on Long Street to elaborate light shows, walk‑through haunts, and charity‑focused yard displays across neighborhoods like Warwick Neck, Sprague Avenue, Narragansett Parkway, and more. You'll find nightly hours, dates, and donation opportunities so you can plan spooky outings all October long.
2. Theater Review: 'The Smuggler' is a thriller but not in the way you'd expect (independentri.com) — A new production of the one-man thriller "The Smuggler" is on stage at Warwick's Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre, with actor Tony Estrella voicing a dozen characters in just 80 minutes. The play follows an Irish immigrant bartender on a morally murky path, blending dark themes, humor, and rhymed dialogue that rewards close listening.
3. CCRI, URI partner for associate's to bachelor's nursing program (wpri.com) — A new fully online nursing program, announced from Warwick, lets CCRI nursing alumni seamlessly earn a bachelor's degree from URI without leaving their jobs or families. Local leaders say the partnership will strengthen Rhode Island's healthcare workforce and open doors for working nurses balancing careers, childcare, and professional advancement.
4. Brockton Man Convicted of Murder After Shooting Solar Salesman, 24, Over Turf (newsbreak.com) — A Brockton man has been convicted of first-degree murder in a 2022 shooting of a solar salesman, while a 30-year-old woman from Warwick was found guilty of helping him flee. Fernandes now faces mandatory life without parole, and Destiny Fontes-Silie awaits sentencing on an accessory-after-the-fact conviction next week.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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