🌱 Today in Tiverton-Little Compton: Marathon Times, Fall Foliage

Hello, neighbors! It's me again, Rachel Nunes, your host of the Tiverton-Little Compton Daily.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and warm. High: 73 Low: 60.

Here are the top stories today in Tiverton-Little Compton:

1. Bristol PD: Christopher Columbus statue vandalized - WLNE-TV (ABC6) (WLNE-TV (ABC6))
2. Boston Marathon 2021: See Little Compton Runner's Time (Tiverton-Little Compton Patch)
3. $78M Washington Bridge project aims to address structural issues, cut travel times (WPRI.com)
4. Newport County real estate transactions: Broadway to Bellevue, 14 properties sold in Newport (newportri.com)
5. Pell Bridge Run: Motorists Should Expect Delays Due to Road Closures (Newport Buzz)
6. Check out Newport County's fall foliage at these hiking trails (newportri.com)

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Today in Tiverton-Little Compton:

• Boys Varsity Soccer - Away - Scituate HS (1:59 PM)
• WMS @ Friends Academy (B Team Soccer Game) (3:30 PM)
• Girls Varsity Soccer - Away - Central HS (3:45 PM)
• Varsity Field Hockey - Away - S. Kingstown HS (4:00 PM)
• WMS @ Friends Academy (A Team Soccer Game) (4:30 PM)
• JV Field Hockey - Away - S. Kingstown HS (5:15 PM)
• School Committee Regular Meeting - Little Compton SD (7:00 PM)

Tiverton-Little Compton Patch Notebook

• Tiverton Library Services RI: "The Tiverton Senior Center Book Group will meet on October 26th to discuss 'Little Fires Everywhere' by Celeste Ng. Copies of the book are available at the Library and the Senior Center. Please join us! https://tivertonlibrary.org/senior..." (Facebook)

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• YARD SALE - Multi Family (October 16)
• Estate/Moving Sale:Sat.&Sun. Oct. 16 & 17 9a-2p (October 16)
• Harvest Market at Pardon Gray Preserve 2021 (October 17)
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— Rachel Nunes

About me: Rachel is a lifelong Rhode Islander with a soft spot for the ocean and baby animals. She graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 2017 with degrees in Journalism, Political Science and French. She worked at several news outlets in Rhode Island before coming to Patch in January 2019. She loves exploring all of Rhode Island's many food offerings, biking and traveling to warm places. Rachel covers Cranston, Coventry, Newport, Portsmouth, Narragansett-South Kingstown, Bristol-Warren and Tiverton-Little Compton. Have a story idea? Email: rachel.nunes@patch.com