🌱 Patch AM: Could new rules change where you keep backyard hens in West Warwick?

Good day West Warwick! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Could new rules change where you keep backyard hens in West Warwick?
• North Kingstown's pet-sale fight could signal what's next for West Warwick

Also on today's calendar: Purr-fect Family Fun: New England Meow Outfit Announces Annual Cat Show in Seekonk, MA.

Today's riddle: What is the longest word in the dictionary? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Cloudy with showers around, with a high of 73 and low of 64 degrees.
• Sunday: Heavy rain in the morning, temps: high: 78, low: 63.
• Monday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 82 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• West Warwick Weighs Backyard Chicken Rules, No Registry (upriseri.com) — West Warwick officials are considering new lot-size and setback rules for backyard chicken coops but have rejected creating a registry, leaving current hen owners in limbo for now. After a lengthy discussion about noise, rodents, and fairness to small-lot residents, the Town Council asked staff to draft possible rule changes that could be folded into a broader zoning update and debated at future meetings.
   

• Residents press town to look into banning pet sales (ricentral.com) — North Kingstown residents are pushing their Town Council to consider banning retail dog and cat sales after controversy over Fish Bowl Aquarium and Pet Mart, whose owner also runs a store in West Warwick. State inspectors say the North Kingstown shop meets standards, but town officials have cited it over overnight boarding and are weighing whether a broader sales ban or stricter rules are the right approach.
   

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Saturday August 22
• Purr-fect Family Fun: New England Meow Outfit Announces Annual Cat Show in Seekonk, MA →
  Ramada Inn, located at 213 Taunton Ave., Seekonk, MA,,
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Sunday August 30
• Paint Pottery! →
  Art by You at Weirdgirl Creations Pottery Studio, 10 Wampanoag Trl, East Providence
  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday August 23
• Patio Party Fundraiser 5pm
  Willett Free Library 45 Ferry Road, Saunderstown, RI 02874
Monday August 24
• Escada Restaurant & Bar – Johnston – RI →
  Escada Restaurant & Bar, 39 Putnam Pike, Johnston
  6:30 pm
• Taylor Hollingsworth with Stev Delmonico and Rachel Jorgensen →
  The Parlour Providence, 1119 N Main St, Providence
  8:00 pm
Tuesday August 25
• Planning Commission Site Visit →
  North Kingstown, RI Calendar, 84 & 100 Pleasant Valley Road, North Kingstown
  7:30 am
• BAH at Sombra
  East Greenwich Chamber of Commerce 580 Main St, East Greenwich, RI 02818
  5:30 pm
• CHIODOS: IT'S NOT YOU, IT'S ME TOUR →
  Fete Music Hall, 103 Dike St, Providence
  6:00 pm
• Zoning Board of Review Meeting →
  North Kingstown, RI Calendar, 80 Boston Neck Road, North Kingstown
  6:00 pm
• School Committee Meeting-if needed →
  Exeter-West Greenwich Regional SD West Greenwich, RI 02817
  6:00 pm
Wednesday August 26
• Ice Cream Social
  SUZANNE M. HENSELER QUIDNESSET North Kingstown, RI 02852
  4:00 pm
• Learn to Play Mah Jongg one time
  Willett Free Library 45 Ferry Road, Saunderstown, RI 02874
  4:00 pm
• 2026 - North Kingstown Summer Concert Series: Brass Attack →
  North Kingstown Arts Council, 100 Fairway Dr, North Kingstown
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Why is it so hard to find someone who can just raise my kitchen cabinet's ?
  instead everybody wants to do a full kitchen remodel that I don't want. Just want the cabinets moved up picture to show how low they are. (Nextdoor West Warwick)

• 4M Building Solutions posted a job opening for Housekeeping/Floor Tech in Warwick. Apply here.
• Brinker International posted a job opening for Food Runner - Warwick Chili's in Warwick. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near West Warwick here.

🗞 Nearby News

Warwick

• Aptt Law Represents Buyer in Acquisition of Wild Birds Unlimited Franchise in Warwick (pbn.com)
• Back-to-School Marketplace Returns to Warwick Mall This Saturday (wpri.com)
• Warwick business owner gives away free bikes to families in need (wpri.com)

East Greenwich

• East Greenwich reverses course on deduct meter elimination (ricentral.com)

Cranston

• Wanted Cranston Man Tracked Down And Captured In Upstate New York: Cops (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Smiles, because it has a mile between "s". (Thank you Sharon M. for sending it in!)
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