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🌱 Patch AM: How will Aquidneck’s new climate plan change life in Portsmouth?
Coming up: RWU Law Providence Law School Fair on the Portsmouth Patch calendar
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In today's newsletter:
- How will Aquidneck's new climate plan change life in Portsmouth?
Also on today's calendar: RWU Law Providence Law School Fair and 3 more events.
Today's riddle: What is the 1 way to guarantee winning a small fortune at the casino? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 69 and low of 62 degrees.
- Wednesday: Cloudy with a shower in spots, temps: high: 72, low: 64.
- Thursday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 74 and low of 63 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• First Aquidneck Island-Wide Climate Resilience Plan Takes Shape (ecori.org) — Portsmouth is part of a new island-wide climate resilience plan that will shape how Aquidneck Island prepares for flooding, transportation disruptions, and threats to food and housing. Aquidneck Resilience is holding listening sessions through the fall, gathering residents' ideas on safer streets, stronger food systems, and coastal protection before drafting a strategy that will guide concrete actions through at least 2027. 
📸 Around Portsmouth
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Portsmouth
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★ Featured events ★
- RWU Law Providence Law School Fair →
Providence Marriott Downtown, 1 Orms St, Providence
12:00 pm
Friday September 18
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Other local events
- No School/Holiday - Labor Day
Bristol Warren Regional SD Bristol, RI 02809 - No School/Holiday - Primary Election Day
Bristol Warren Regional SD Bristol, RI 02809 - Bristol County Chorus Preparing for Its Christmas Concert →
First Congregational Church, 300 High Street, Bristol.
6:30 pm - Back To School Bash! →
Mathnasium Of Portsmouth, 14 Potomac Rd, Portsmouth
3:00 pm - 2026 Paddle for Progress RI →
Gardner's Wharf 170 Main Street North Kingstown, RI 02852
9:00 am
Monday September 7
Wednesday September 9
Monday September 14
Saturday September 19
Sunday September 20
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🗓 Events Nearby
- SOPH Photos taken
NORTH KINGSTOWN SR. HIGH North Kingstown, RI 02852
7:15 am - Planning Commission Meeting →
North Kingstown, RI Calendar, 80 Boston Neck Road, North Kingstown
6:30 pm - FREE Auto Show at the Beach →
Bristol, RI Calendar Bristol, RI 02809 - JR Photos taken
NORTH KINGSTOWN SR. HIGH North Kingstown, RI 02852
7:15 am - JUNIORS Photos taken
NORTH KINGSTOWN SR. HIGH North Kingstown, RI 02852
7:15 am - Newport / Middletown Situation Table →
Middletown, RI Calendar, 239 Wyatt Road, Middletown
9:00 am - Aquidneck Growers Market →
Middletown, RI Calendar, Memorial Blvd, Newport
2:00 pm
Tuesday September 1
Wednesday September 2
Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.
💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- One of Brad Faxon's former Barrington mansion is on the market for 13 million.
Source: Golfweek . Wow!! https://share.google/FQgvlinrHw7symoqA (Nextdoor Stonegate Drive)
- Wendy's posted a job opening for Crew Member in Middletown. Apply here.
- BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. posted a job opening for Meat Cutter Full Time in Middletown. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Portsmouth here.
🗞 Nearby News
Middletown
- Easton's Point home sells for $6.2 million, Middletown's highest since 2023 (whatsupnewp.com)
- RI Lottery Powerball, Numbers Midday winning numbers for Aug. 29, 2026 (newportri.com)
- Newport spends more per resident on police and fire than any other Rhode Island community (whatsupnewp.com)
Tiverton
- Tiverton delays new Flock cameras after gov. calls for statewide pause (heraldnews.com)
- Tiverton Public Library reveals full September slate (heraldnews.com)
- More4's Must‑See Madness: A Week of Reality, Cooking & Home Makeovers (tvmix.com)
East Greenwich
- East Greenwich Man Charged With DUI After Hit-And-Run Crash: Cops (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By starting with a large fortune. (Thank you Kourtney Z. for sending it in!)
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