🌱 Patch AM: How Cumberland first responders joined the urgent response at Brown University.

What's up Cumberland! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Cumberland first responders joined the urgent response at Brown University.

Today's riddle: What did the stop sign say to the yield sign? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Brisk and bitterly cold, with a high of 25 and low of 18 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Tuesday: Not as cold, temps: high: 35, low: 24.
• Wednesday: Clouds and sun, with a high of 45 and low of 21 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Mayor: 2 dead, 8 others wounded in shooting at Brown University (wcvb.com) — Cumberland emergency crews were among many Rhode Island departments rushing to help Providence responders after a deadly shooting at Brown University, where two people were killed and eight critically injured. Authorities are still searching for the shooter, and a shelter-in-place remains in effect around Brown’s campus as state and federal agencies coordinate the investigation.
   

📸 Around Cumberland

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cumberland

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 27

• Alex Cohen Acoustic: Angelo's Palace Pizza
  Angelo's Palace Pizza, 133 Mendon Rd, Cumberland
  7:30 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday December 17

• Town Council Meeting
  Cumberland, RI Calendar , 45 Broad Street Town Council Chambers, Second Floor , Cumberland
  7:30 pm

📣 Cumberland Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Deadline for December
  Lincoln, RI Calendar Lincoln, RI 02865
• Growing a Reader Storytime
  North Smithfield Public Library , 20 Main St , Slatersville
  10:30 am
• Central at Smithfield
  Smithfield High School , 90 Pleasant View Ave , Smithfield
  7:00 pm
• Town Council
  Lincoln, RI Calendar , 100 Old River Road , Lincoln
  7:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• The Nutcracker - Ballet Rhode Island
  Veterans Memorial Auditorium (The VETS) , 1 Ave of the Arts , Providence
  10:30 am
• Municipal Court
  Lincoln, RI Calendar Lincoln, RI 02865
  6:00 pm
• THURSDAY NIGHT VIBES
  Kismet Improv , 1005 Main St Suite 2205 , Pawtucket
  8:00 pm

Friday December 19

• East Greenwich Girls Varsity Basketball @ Cumberland
  Cumberland High School , 2600 Mendon Rd , Cumberland
  7:00 pm
• Friday Night House Party
  Kismet Improv , 1005 Main St Suite 2205 , Pawtucket
  8:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Cookie Decorating with Santa
  Phantom Farms , 2920 Diamond Hill Rd , Cumberland
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I had event last nite at hope high school my first
  The dance recital was just unbelievable Santa was very impressed… only after this was complete i found out the shooting not far from us … (Nextdoor Cumberland High)

• Stop & Shop posted a job opening for PT Night Crew-Clerk - Grocery - 0704 in Cumberland. Apply here.
• Burlington Coat Factory Corporation posted a job opening for Seasonal Retail Stocking Associate - Part Time in Lincoln. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cumberland here.

🗞 Nearby News

Woonsocket

• Homeless in RI: Tonight's Resource List for Shelters, Warming Centers and Emergency Sites for Dec. 14, 2025 (rinewstoday.com)

Pawtucket

• WooSox to honor public art, traffic patterns, hot wieners with alternate identities (sportslogos.net)
• Nesi's Notes: Dec. 13 (wpri.com)
• Shooting reported at Brown University; campus on lockdown (wickedlocal.com)

Providence

Ok Cumberland! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know either. They were speaking in sign language.
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