🌱 Patch AM: Can East Providence spoil North Kingstown’s wrestling rebuild on Thursday?

Hello East Providence! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Can East Providence spoil North Kingstown’s wrestling rebuild on Thursday?
• Are East Providence traffic cameras about safety—or quiet revenue?
• Could East Providence families lose promised solar savings after PosiGen’s collapse?

Also on today's calendar: Cultural Survival Bazaar and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: Last night I had a dream. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Colder; breezy in the morning, with a high of 39 and low of 32 degrees.
• Sunday: Windy, temps: high: 47, low: 21.
• Monday: Sunny, breezy and colder, with a high of 33 and low of 23 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Wrestling Preview: Skippers to continue rebuilding (independentri.com) — East Providence’s wrestling team is on North Kingstown’s schedule this Thursday, as the rebuilding Skippers test themselves against the Townies and La Salle in Division I action. The article focuses on North Kingstown’s young roster, standout heavyweight Kaz Morosetti’s New England title hopes, and how a deep sophomore and freshman class could lift the program back into contention.
   

• Caught on Camera: How Some RI Cities Turn Commuters into Revenue (upriseri.com) — East Providence is part of a growing Rhode Island network of speed and red‑light cameras that are generating significant revenue while raising questions about whether safety or money is the real priority. An investigation highlights Pawtucket’s especially lucrative program, the lack of traffic engineering studies, and unchanged injury data in school zones, even as Warwick joins Providence and East Providence in expanding automated enforcement.
   

• Solar Program Designed to Help Low-Income and Environmental Justice Zone Residents Instead Leaves them Stranded (ecori.org) — East Providence homeowners in designated environmental justice zones were eligible for a state-backed solar program that promised lower electric bills, but now face uncertainty after vendor PosiGen went bankrupt. The investigation details how the Affordable Solar Access Pathways program stalled, what money remains, and how state officials are struggling to protect low-income participants across Rhode Island.
   

📸 Around East Providence

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🗓 Upcoming Events in East Providence

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 20

• Cultural Survival Bazaar
  The WaterFire Arts Center, 475 Valley St, Providence
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday December 20

• Qigong Workshop
  Light of Hope , 245 Phenix Ave , Cranston
  10:00 am

Sunday December 21

• Georgetown Hoyas at Providence College Friars Womens Basketball
  Peterson Recreation Center , Providence
  1:00 pm
• Myrtle: Events
  Myrtle , 134 Waterman Ave , East Providence
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday December 20

• Storytime with Chris
  Roger Williams Park Botanical Center
  8:00 am
• Yoga for Everybody
  Gateway Center at Roger Williams Park , 1197 Broad Street , Providence
  9:00 am
• Jordan's Jungle Holiday Market
  Jordan's Jungle , 545 Pawtucket Ave , Pawtucket
  10:00 am
• Hope International Market
  Hope Artiste Village , 1005 Main St #1201 , Pawtucket
  10:00 am
• Bachata/Merengue Dance
  Gateway Center at Roger Williams Park , 1197 Broad Street , Providence
  11:00 am
• Tree Of Life- Charcuterie Resin Tray!
  Paint and Vino , 150 Main St , Pawtucket
  1:00 pm
• Grinchy Gnome
  Paint and Vino , 150 Main St , Pawtucket
  2:00 pm
• DMB Project Band
  Pivotal Brewing Company Bristol , 500 Wood St Building 111 , Bristol
  6:00 pm
• Providence Bruins vs. Syracuse Crunch
  Amica Mutual Pavilion , 1 Lasalle Sq #1 , Providence
  7:05 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• White-Breasted Nuthatch activity.
  Lots of motion, so hard to get a good photo. Last one might be NSFW. Ha! (Nextdoor Kettle Point)
• Lobster trap tree.
  I've heard of them, but this is the first one I've seen. (Nextdoor Kettle Point)

• Kentucky Fried Chicken posted a job opening for Team Member in East Providence. Apply here.
• Brown University Health posted a job opening for Cook in East Providence. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near East Providence here.

🗞 Nearby News

Pawtucket

• Twiddle's Mihali Savoulidis & Zdenek Gubb Announce First Gubbulidis Duo Tour (liveforlivemusic.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I dreamed I was swimming in a pool of orange soda, but it was just a Fanta-sea.
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