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Cheers Middletown! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How much interest is Middletown really paying for its new library?
  • Why did two Middletown councilors oppose Forest Avenue School funding?
  • How a $65,000 grant could reshape food access in Middletown

Also on today's calendar: 2nd Annual Japan-America Friendship Festival is Back in Newport! and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Some rain in the afternoon, with a high of 61 and low of 56 degrees.
  • Monday: Some rain in the morning, temps: high: 66, low: 52.
  • Tuesday: Some sun, then clouds, with a high of 63 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Middletown Resident Questions Library Note Interest Costs (upriseri.com) — Middletown residents will soon get answers on how much interest the town is paying to finance its expanded library renovation, after a resident pressed the Town Council about rising borrowing costs. At the October 19 meeting, officials plan to disclose the new note's rate, term, and total interest paid, even as construction stays on budget and new donations support community and children's spaces.
   

2. Middletown Councilors Defend Forest Avenue School Votes (upriseri.com) — Two Middletown town councilors publicly defended their earlier votes against additional funding for Forest Avenue School's renovation, saying they objected to the process and lacked enrollment projections. Despite the tense exchange with a resident accusing them of fiscal irresponsibility, design work and added prekindergarten bathrooms are moving ahead, and residents can still weigh in at future public forums.
   

3. Aquidneck Community Table and Crisis Intervention Teams of R.I. each win $65,000 from the Rhode Island Foundation (whatsupnewp.com) — Middletown is getting a year-round community food hub on the Newport border, thanks to a $65,000 Rhode Island Foundation grant to Aquidneck Community Table. Another Middletown-based nonprofit, Crisis Intervention Teams of R.I., also received $65,000 to train local police departments, including Middletown's, on responding more safely and effectively to behavioral health crises.
   

4. Lowest premium gas price in Newport County available at $5.19 per gallon in week ending Oct. 3 (southcotimes.com) — Drivers in Middletown paid among the lowest reported premium gas prices in Newport County during the week ending Oct. 3, with stations there clustered just above the county low of $5.19 per gallon. The report compares Middletown's prices with nearby Newport and Tiverton, and sets them against statewide and national trends that still keep fuel costs higher than a year ago.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath?" — A dirty double crosser ! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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