🌱 Patch AM: How Jamestown native Peter Neronha is handling the Brown shooting case

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• How Jamestown native Peter Neronha is handling the Brown shooting case

Also on today's calendar: Wednesday Night Live at the Ganny.

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Cold with clouds and sun, with a high of 34 and low of 31 degrees.
• Wednesday: Breezy and not as cold, temps: high: 47, low: 29.
• Thursday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 50 and low of 45 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Brown University shooting: Who is RI Attorney General Peter Neronha? (providencejournal.com) — Jamestown residents may recognize Attorney General Peter Neronha as a fourth-generation native now leading Rhode Island’s response to the Brown University mass shooting investigation. The piece outlines his career path, his role in the probe, and his history of aggressively challenging federal policies he believes harm vulnerable residents.
   

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Wednesday December 17

• Wednesday Night Live at the Ganny
  25 Narragansett Ave, Jamestown
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday December 22

• Monday Mysteries
  Jamestown Philomenian Library , 26 North Rd , Jamestown
  3:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Municipal Court
  Middletown, RI Calendar , 350 East Main Road , Middletown
  8:30 am
• Board of Library Trustees monthly meeting
  Middletown, RI Calendar , 700 West Main Road , Middletown
  4:00 pm
• Economic Development Committee
  Narragansett Calendar , Narragansett Town Hall 25 Fifth Avenue , Narragansett
  5:30 pm
• Housing Court
  South Kingstown, RI Calendar , 180 High Street , Wakefield
  5:30 pm
• Towers Committee
  Narragansett Calendar , The Towers 35 Ocean Road , Narragansett
  6:00 pm
• Planning Board
  Narragansett Calendar , Narragansett Town Hall 25 Fifth Avenue , Narragansett
  6:00 pm
• Planning Board Regular & Work Session - December 16, 2025
  South Kingstown, RI Calendar , South Kingstown Recreation Center 30 St. Dominic Road , Wakefield
  6:30 pm
• Planning Commission Meeting
  North Kingstown, RI Calendar , 80 Boston Neck Road , North Kingstown
  6:30 pm
• NPS Winter Concert
  Narragansett School System Narragansett, RI 02882
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Pension Board
  Narragansett Calendar , Narragansett Town Hall 25 Fifth Avenue , Narragansett
  9:00 am
• Newport/Middletown Situation Table
  Middletown, RI Calendar , 239 Wyatt Road , Middletown
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Walmart posted a job opening for Front End Service Team Supervisor in Newport. Apply here.
• Genesis Healthcare posted a job opening for Recreation Assistant in Middletown. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Jamestown here.

🗞 Nearby News

Newport

• Wild Solstice Brings Live Music, Powerful Short Docs, and Local Filmmakers to Newport's Longest Night (newportthisweek.com)
• Newport's best holiday doorways honored in annual competition (whatsupnewp.com)
• Celebrate Christmas and New Year in Luxury at The Chanler at Cliff Walk in Newport (wbsm.com)

Middletown

• Becoming a Centenarian (newyorker.com)
• Potter League invites Rhode Islanders to foster a shelter dog for the holidays (whatsupnewp.com)

Narragansett

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-- The Patch AM Team

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