🌱 Patch AM: Will Barrington’s new high school track stay locked to residents?

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In today's newsletter:

• Will Barrington’s new high school track stay locked to residents?

Also on today's calendar: Food Drive/Collection Event and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the boat dock say when it was arrested? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 40 and low of 26 degrees.
• Sunday: Cold with snow and flurries, temps: high: 30, low: 14. ⛄️ Brr!
• Monday: Very cold; breezy in the a.m., with a high of 28 and low of 21 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Open or off-limits? Which RI tracks are open to the public? (eastbayri.com) — Barrington residents are still waiting to learn when the new Barrington High School track at Victory Field will be open for public use, as officials finalize access policies. A Barrington runner’s statewide survey shows most Rhode Island school tracks are generally open, adding pressure on local leaders to make Barrington a model for community access.
   

📸 Around Barrington

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Barrington

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 13

• Food Drive/Collection Event
  100 Bullocks Point Ave, East Providence
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday December 13

• Pokemart Expo
  21 Traverse St , Providence
  9:30 am

Monday December 15

• Building Project Community Forum - Nayatt School
  Nayatt School , 400 Nayatt Rd , Barrington
  6:00 pm
• Budget Forecasting Committee
  Barrington, RI Calendar , 283 County Rd , Barrington
  6:00 pm
• Resilience and Energy Committee
  Barrington, RI Calendar , Barrington Public Library 281 County Road , Barrington
  6:30 pm

Tuesday December 16

• Winter Concert
  Barrington High School , 220 Lincoln Ave , Barrington
  6:30 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Winter Chorus Concert at BHS
  Hampden Meadows Elementary School , 297 New Meadow Rd , Barrington
  5:30 pm
• Wednesday Night Trivia
  Pivotal Brewing Company Bristol , 500 Wood St Building 111 , Bristol
  6:30 pm

Thursday December 18

• Parks and Recreation Commission
  Barrington, RI Calendar , The Peck Center 281 County Road (Library Lower Level - back) , Barrington
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Qigong Workshop
  Light of Hope , 245 Phenix Ave , Cranston
  10:00 am
• Cultural Survival Bazaar
  The WaterFire Arts Center , 475 Valley St , Providence
  10:00 am

Sunday December 21

• Cranston West at Barrington
  220 Lincoln Ave , Barrington
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Did you know you can order free HIV self-tests delivered to you?
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• SAS Retail Services posted a job opening for Traveling Retail Merchandiser in Barrington. Apply here.
• Snipes posted a job opening for Stock Personnel in East Providence. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Barrington here.

🗞 Nearby News

Warren

• Amended ordinance makes manager more responsive to fiscal matters in Warren (eastbayri.com)
• Letter: Immigration issue needs legislative reform, not authoritarianism (eastbayri.com)
• Bristol filmmaker's 'The Making of Christmas' will be screened Friday (eastbayri.com)

East Providence

• 'All Fired Up' cooks up over $50,000 for Good Neighbors (eastbayri.com)
• 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and the BH Link triage center are here to help you (progressive-charlestown.com)
• Curt Columbus to direct comedy in his last season at Trinity Rep (wpri.com)

Warwick

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I demand a jury of my piers.
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