🌱 Patch AM: How Woonsocket’s new $200K nursing lab could jumpstart local healthcare careers

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In today's newsletter:

• How Woonsocket's new $200K nursing lab could jumpstart local healthcare careers

Also on today's calendar: RWU Law Providence Law School Fair.

Today's riddle: How fast is milk when you pour it? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 82 and low of 57 degrees.
• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and nice, temps: high: 78, low: 57.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 81 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Woonsocket Education Center opens $200K nursing lab (pbn.com) — A new $200,000 nursing education lab has just opened at the Woonsocket Education Center, expanding hands-on training space for local certified nursing assistant students. Equipped with hospital-grade beds, manikins, and medical instruments, the 840-square-foot lab is funded by state and foundation grants to help address regional healthcare worker shortages and connect Woonsocket residents with higher-wage medical careers.
   

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Friday September 18
• RWU Law Providence Law School Fair →
  Providence Marriott Downtown, 1 Orms St, Providence
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday September 5
• September 2026 Show — Rhode Island Militaria Show →
  Woonsocket Elks Lodge #850, 380 Social St, Woonsocket
  9:00 am
• Woonsocket Historical Society Open House →
  Woonsocket Historical, 42 S Main St, Woonsocket
  12:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday August 24
• Back to School for Staff- Lifetouch Staff Photos
  Smithfield Senior High School Smithfield, RI 02917
  7:30 am
• Probate Court →
  Lincoln, RI Calendar Lincoln, RI 02865
  8:45 am
• ESOL Class (BVCAP) →
  Cumberland, RI Calendar, The Amaral Building 16 Mill Street, Cumberland
  6:00 pm
• Harmony Café – Manville, RI →
  Harmony Cafe, 47 Summer St, Manville
  7:00 pm
• Taylor Hollingsworth with Stev Delmonico and Rachel Jorgensen →
  The Parlour Providence, 1119 N Main St, Providence
  8:00 pm
Tuesday August 25
• Library Board of Trustees →
  Lincoln, RI Calendar, 145 Old River Road, Lincoln
  5:30 pm
• CHIODOS: IT'S NOT YOU, IT'S ME TOUR →
  Fete Music Hall, 103 Dike St, Providence
  6:00 pm
Wednesday August 26
• Planning Board →
  Lincoln, RI Calendar, 100 Old River Road, Lincoln
  7:00 pm
Thursday August 27
• Lincoln Housing Authority →
  Lincoln, RI Calendar Lincoln, RI 02865
  6:30 pm
• Comedy Night →
  Napolitano's Lounge & Brooklyn Pizzeria, 375 Putnam Pike, Smithfield
  8:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Cumberland

• Cumberland Residents Press Council to Drop Flock Cameras (upriseri.com)
• Thieves stole her bake stand, leaving the bread maker 'heartbroken.' That's when strangers stepped in to rebuild her business (moneywise.com)

Lincoln

• Smithfield Schools Seek Written Deal on Town Snow Plowing (upriseri.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It's "Pasturized" before you know it! (Thank you Judy M. for sending it in!)
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