🌱 Patch AM: What a Middletown native thinks URI sports will look like by 2050

Good day Middletown! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• What a Middletown native thinks URI sports will look like by 2050

Also on today's calendar: New Year Mini Retreat and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: What two things can you never eat for breakfast? . 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Breezy with periods of rain, with a high of 50 and low of 25 degrees.
• Tuesday: Windy and much colder, temps: high: 30, low: 25.
• Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 36 and low of 23 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• How will college sports look by 2050? Big changes are ahead for URI (providencejournal.com) — A Middletown native now helping lead URI athletics communications shares how name, image and likeness money and new revenue streams are reshaping college sports. He explains the financial challenges URI faces competing with richer Power Four programs and how revenue sharing and booster payments could define the landscape by 2050.
   

📸 Around Middletown

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Middletown

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Tuesday December 30

• Middletown 250 Commission regular meeting
  Middletown, RI Calendar , 239 Wyatt Road , Middletown
  5:00 pm

Thursday January 1

• Town Offices Closed For New Year's Day Holiday
  Middletown, RI Calendar , 350 East Main Road , Middletown
  8:00 am

Sunday January 4

• New Year Mini Retreat
  CFP ARTS, WELLNESS, AND COMMUNITY CENTER , 933 Anthony Rd , Portsmouth
  2:00 pm

Monday January 5

• Town Council
  Middletown, RI Calendar , 350 East Main Road , Middletown
  6:30 pm

Wednesday January 7

• Girl Scout Troop #187 Newport/Middletown RI
  Middletown, RI Calendar Middletown, RI 02842
  4:30 pm
• Easton's Point Association Monthly Meeting
  Middletown, RI Calendar , 239 Wyatt Road , Middletown
  5:45 pm
• Library Building Committee Meeting
  Middletown, RI Calendar , 700 West Main Road , Middletown
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday December 29

• Book Walk & Talk
  Tiverton Essex Public Library , 34 Roosevelt Avenue , Tiverton
  10:30 am

Tuesday December 30

• Beginner Guitar-On Break
  Willett Free Library , 45 Ferry Road , Saunderstown
  5:30 pm
• Beyond Beginner Guitar Song Sessions-On Break
  Willett Free Library , 45 Ferry Road , Saunderstown
  6:30 pm
• Boon Street Market - Narragansett, RI — KEVIN HERCHEN
  Boon Street Market , 145 Boon St , Narragansett
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Sponsorship Registration: 2025 Main Street Strolls & Sip and Shop
  Main Street in East Greenwich, RI 02818

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Keep Hydrants Clear!
  In an emergency, every second counts. • Remove any snow and ice from a fire hydrant near your house as you shovel your driveway. • Clear a 3 foot… (Nextdoor )
• I live on W Main Rd and was expecting a package on Wednesday (Christmas Eve), which said it was delivered, but wasn’t.
  In fact I met the mail woman at the curb and she told me I didn’t have any mail. 10 minutes later in the tracking, it said it was delivered, but it… (Nextdoor Kesson Farm)

• The Home Depot, Inc. posted a job opening for Customer Service/Sales in Middletown. Apply here.
• Playa Bowls posted a job opening for Team Member in Newport. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Middletown here.

🗞 Nearby News

Newport

• A 2026 Market Prediction from the President of the Newport County Board of Realtors - What's Up Newp (whatsupnewp.com)
• NBC 10 PM Flash Briefing, December 26, 2025 (turnto10.com)
• MiB: Jay Leno, Live Audrain Newport Concours & Motor Week (ritholtz.com)

Ok Middletown! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Lunch and dinner. (From Norine S.)
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