🌱 Patch AM: How a sudden motel fire displaced 26 Glocester guests

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• How a sudden motel fire displaced 26 Glocester guests

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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Partly sunny and breezy, with a high of 42 and low of 26 degrees.
• Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 45, low: 40.
• Friday: Breezy with periods of rain, with a high of 55 and low of 23 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 26 guests displaced after Glocester motel fire (wpri.com) — A fire at the Glocester Motor Inn on Putnam Pike Tuesday afternoon displaced 26 guests and left one person with burn injuries, according to local firefighters. Crews stopped the blaze after it spread through several rooms, and the American Red Cross is helping those forced out while investigators work to determine the cause and assess the motel’s damage.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

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
• 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

Friday December 19

• Boys Basketball @ Johnston High
  Burrillville High School Harrisville, RI 02830
  5:30 pm
• Girls Basketball @ Garfield Ave vs Achievement First
  Burrillville High School Harrisville, RI 02830
  6:30 pm
• Girls Hockey vs East Bay Co-op
  Burrillville High School Harrisville, RI 02830
  7:00 pm
• The Harmony
  Harmony Cafe , 47 Summer St , Manville
  8:30 pm

Saturday December 20

• Wrestling @ N. Providence High
  Burrillville High School Harrisville, RI 02830
  7:00 am
• Robin Norton
  Smithfield Elks Lodge #2359 , 326 Farnum Pike , Smithfield
  7:00 pm
• Boys Hockey @Cranston Rink vs Cranston High
  Burrillville High School Harrisville, RI 02830
  7:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

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• Hometown Hero: David Perez, Ponaganset (wpri.com)

Smithfield

• Smithfield School Committee says alleged hazing incident was ‘mishandled' (wpri.com)
• High School Roundup: Scores and recaps from Monday's games across RI (providencejournal.com)
• Oh, Christmas tree!: Spike in cost of artificial trees may send some to local farms (observer-reporter.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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