🌱 Patch AM: How Westerly plans to defend its football title despite key injuries

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In today's newsletter:

• How Westerly plans to defend its football title despite key injuries

Also on today's calendar: Surftown Half Marathon, Relay & 5K presented by Westerly Hospital and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the tractor say to the plow? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Mostly sunny and comfortable, with a high of 75 and low of 62 degrees.
• Sunday: Heavy rain and a thunderstorm, temps: high: 74, low: 62.
• Monday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 77 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Westerly football preps for big opener in NFA (thewesterlysun.com) — Westerly High's defending Division II state champion football team kicks off its season at home Friday at 7 p.m. against powerhouse Norwich Free Academy, despite losing its All-State quarterback and backup. Coach Ron Sposato Jr. is turning to junior Logan Unkuri under center and reshuffling playmakers like Ben Cummings, confident the Bulldogs can still prove they're among Rhode Island's best.
   

📸 Around Westerly

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Westerly

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 12
• Next Stop Comedy at Tapped Apple Cidery & Winery! - Westerly, RI →
  Tapped Apple Cidery & Winery, 37 High St, Westerly
  8:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday September 12
• Tapped Apple Cidery & Winery →
  Tapped Apple Cidery & Winery, 37 High St, Westerly
  8:00 pm
Sunday September 13
• AmpSurf NE - Learn to Surf Clinic, Fenway Beach, Westerly, RI →
  Wawaloam Drive, Westerly
• STICK + FIN PRESENTS: GLAUCOMA SUSPECT →
  STICK + FIN, 163 Main Street, Westerly
• AmpSurf NE - Sept. 13th - Learn to Surf Clinic, Fenway Beach, Westerly, RI →
  Wawaloam Drive, Westerly
• Surftown Half Marathon, Relay & 5K presented by Westerly Hospital →
  , Westerly
  7:30 am
• Early Currency in Our Area with Lawrence Erhart →
  Babcock-Smith House Museum Carriage House, 124 Granite Street, Westerly
  2:00 pm
Monday September 14
• Town Council →
  Westerly, RI Calendar, 45 Broad St Second Floor, Westerly
  6:00 pm
Thursday September 17
• Rhode Island Stone Walls →
  449 Westerly Bradford Road, Westerly
• Slow Birding →
  Napatree Point Conservation Area, Fort Road, Westerly
  9:00 am
Friday September 18
• Raise a pint to the Revolution →
  Grey Sail Brewery, 63 Canal Street, Westerly
Saturday September 19
• Luck Of The Draw Doubles Tennis Tournament For Charity →
  Pondview Racquet Club, 252 Shore Rd, Westerly
  12:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

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🗞 Nearby News

Charlestown

• Kennedy, Spears win Democratic primaries in Districts 38 and 36 (thewesterlysun.com)
• Rhode Island's 'Taylor Swift tax' on vacation homes aims to boost affordable housing (csmonitor.com)
• Conservative business group's multi-PAC strategy flops as General Assembly incumbents prevail (newsfromthestates.com)

South Kingstown

• Still no definitive end to SK water ban (ricentral.com)
• Point Judith Yacht Club celebrates its 100th anniversary (ricentral.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hold me close John Deere. (Thank you Jenny H. for sending it in!)
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