🌱 How a Hope Valley dog walk turned into a fatal crash
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In today's newsletter:
- How a Hope Valley dog walk turned into a fatal crash
Also on today's calendar: Blue Christmas Service.
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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Times of clouds and sunshine, with a high of 32 and low of 22 degrees.
- Wednesday: Breezy and not as cold, temps: high: 46, low: 19. ⛄️ Brr!
- Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 44 and low of 38 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Grammy-Nominated Musician Dead, Suspect with Over 100 Arrests Faces New Charges (crimeonline.com) — A pedestrian was fatally struck while walking his dogs on Spring Street in Hope Valley on December 6, in a crash that also took down telephone poles. Police say the driver, a 41-year-old Rhode Island woman with a lengthy arrest and traffic record, is now charged with driving to endanger resulting in death and narcotics offenses after officers reported finding drugs and distribution materials at the scene. 
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🗞 Nearby News
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