🌱 Patch AM: State police detail DUI arrest on Route 95 in West Greenwich

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In today's newsletter:

• State police detail DUI arrest on Route 95 in West Greenwich
• Which hit movies secretly filmed scenes right here in West Greenwich?

Also on today's calendar: POSTPONED: The First Sunday Of Fall: An Early Halloween Celebration.

Today's riddle: What are the two favorite words for a shark to hear? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Periods of rain, some heavy, with a high of 66 and low of 59 degrees.
• Monday: Periods of rain, temps: high: 61, low: 55.
• Tuesday: A morning shower; cloudy, with a high of 67 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Man arrested on assault, sexual assault charges in Exeter (newportdispatch.com) — State police responded to a disabled vehicle on Route 95 in West Greenwich on Sept. 25 and arrested a 52-year-old Warwick woman on a first-offense DUI charge; she was held overnight as a bail violator. The same report details a separate, serious felony assault and sexual assault arrest in Exeter involving an 80-year-old man, who is being held without bail.
   

• Stuck inside? Watch these movies and TV shows filmed in or set in RI (newportri.com) — If you're hunkering down in West Greenwich during the nor'easter, you'll find several movies and shows with local ties, including scenes filmed at URI's W. Alton Jones Campus and in town for "Dan in Real Life" and "Moonrise Kingdom." The long list highlights more than 125 Rhode Island-connected productions, from Newport mansion classics to recent TV series and streaming films.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday September 27
• Maker's Mark Hobbit House →
  Double Barrel Steak, 1 Preserve Boulevard, Richmond
  6:30 pm
Monday September 28
• Ashaway Bookfair
  Chariho Regional SD Wood River Junction, RI 02894
• Coventry vs Smithfield →
  40 Reservoir Rd, Coventry
  6:30 pm
• Town Council →
  East Greenwich, RI Calendar, 125 Main Street, East Greenwich
  7:00 pm
• Zoning Board of Review Meeting →
  Richmond, RI Calendar, 5 Richmond Townhouse Rd., Wyoming
  7:00 pm
Tuesday September 29
• Preserve Hike →
  The Preserve Sporting Club & Residences, 1 Preserve Boulevard, Richmond
  5:00 pm
• Maisie E. Quinn Open House
  John F. Deering Middle School West Warwick, RI 02893
  6:00 pm
Wednesday September 30
• Ashaway Open House
  Chariho Regional SD Wood River Junction, RI 02894
  5:00 pm
• Coventry High School Open House
  Coventry Public Schools, 1675 Flat River Rd, Coventry
  5:30 pm
• WWHS Open House →
  West Warwick Senior High School West Warwick, RI 02893
  6:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Coventry

• Coventry Schools Face Rising Lunch Debt After Fee Law (upriseri.com)
• Coventry Planners Debate Where to Allow Multifamily Homes (upriseri.com)
• Authorities identify 21-year-old killed in two-vehicle Rhode Island crash (fallriverreporter.com)

East Greenwich

• East Greenwich, RI School Committee — September 29, 2026 (meetingwatch.org)
• EG Real Estate: 9 New Listings, 5 Sold (eastgreenwichnews.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "MAN OVERBOARD!" (Thank you M J. for sending it in!)
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