🌱 Patch AM: How a Foster resident’s dishwasher trick helps her blind husband daily

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Foster resident’s dishwasher trick helps her blind husband daily

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

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Sun, then clouds; very cold, with a high of 24 and low of 16 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Tuesday: Not as cold, temps: high: 33, low: 23.
• Wednesday: Periods of sun; not as cold, with a high of 44 and low of 23 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Nesting dishes and silverware (texarkanagazette.com) — A Foster resident, Kathleen, shares a clever way of loading and unloading the dishwasher that helps her visually impaired husband participate more easily at home. Her tip appears in a national Heloise hints column alongside other household tricks, giving Foster a small but friendly shout-out in print. Local readers may enjoy seeing a neighbor’s name and learning a simple time-saving dishwashing method.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday December 15

• Boys Basketball vs Moses Brown
  Burrillville High School Harrisville, RI 02830
  4:45 pm
• Girls JV Basketball @Lincoln High
  Burrillville High School Harrisville, RI 02830
  5:15 pm
• Girls Varsity Basketball @ Lincoln
  Burrillville High School Harrisville, RI 02830
  7:00 pm
• Harmony Café – Manville, RI
  Harmony Cafe , 47 Summer St , Manville
  7:00 pm

Tuesday December 16

• Kickboxing for Closers
  1010 Plainfield St , Johnston
  5:00 pm
• Central at Smithfield
  Smithfield High School , 90 Pleasant View Ave , Smithfield
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Girls Basketball vs PC/ST. Pats
  Burrillville High School Harrisville, RI 02830
  4:45 pm
• Wrestling @ Toll Gate HS
  Burrillville High School Harrisville, RI 02830
  5:30 pm
• Holiday Party
  Coventry-West Greenwich Elks Lodge #2285 , 42 Nooseneck Hill Rd , West Greenwich
  6:00 pm
• Horgan Winter Concert
  Horgan Elementary School West Warwick, RI 02893
  6:00 pm
• Burrillville High School vs. ST PATRICK ACADEMY
  Burrillville High School , 425 East Ave , Burrillville
  6:30 pm
• Boys Hockey vs Barrington @Portsmouth Ice arena
  Burrillville High School Harrisville, RI 02830
  7:00 pm

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Burlington Coat Factory Corporation posted a job opening for Seasonal Retail Stocking Associate - Part Time in Johnston. Apply here.
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