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  • Meet the Attleboro native behind the growing ‘Sour Grapes’ comic

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  • Friday: Windy with rain, with a high of 58 and low of 24 degrees.

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• Sour Grapes: Benchwarmer (whatsupnewp.com) — An Attleboro native, cartoonist Tim Jones created the comic strip “Sour Grapes,” starring a grumpy flying dog navigating a bizarre world. Now living in Smithfield, he’s grown the strip from two Rhode Island papers into a nationally appearing feature, while also teaching cartooning and visiting schools, libraries, and Comic-Cons.
   

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    Thursday December 18
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    Richards Memorial Library, 118 N Washington St, North Attleborough
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  • Nothing More Announce Fall 2023 Headline Dates With Dead Poet Society, Hyro the Hero + Post Profit (wearegreatfalls.com)
  • OA boys hoops senior captains ready to make another Final Four run (enterprisenews.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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