🌱 Patch AM: Warwick-raised sportscaster heads home after breakout West Virginia TV stint

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• Warwick-raised sportscaster heads home after breakout West Virginia TV stint

Today's riddle: What did the balloon say to the doctor? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Partly sunny and windy, with a high of 46 and low of 22 degrees.
• Monday: Sunny, breezy and colder, temps: high: 34, low: 28.
• Tuesday: Cloudy with a bit of snow, with a high of 36 and low of 32 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Thank you, Christian Rapoza! (wvva.com) — A familiar face to Warwick sports fans, broadcaster Christian Rapoza grew up here and played baseball and football for Toll Gate High School before launching his TV career in West Virginia. He’s now leaving WVVA after nearly two years to return to work in Rhode Island, reflecting gratefully on how the Two Virginias shaped his early career and personal growth.
   

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Wednesday December 31

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday December 21

• Sunday Service
  Ananda Rhode Island Meditation and Yoga Center , 714 Ten Rod Rd , North Kingstown
  10:00 am
• Xtreme Hip Hop Step Aerobics
  Gateway Center at Roger Williams Park , 1197 Broad Street , Providence
  10:00 am
• The Nutcracker - Ballet Rhode Island
  Veterans Memorial Auditorium (The VETS) , 1 Ave of the Arts , Providence
  1:00 pm
• Guided Walk: Doug Rayner Wildlife Refuge
  Doug Rayner Wildlife Refuge , 111 George St , Barrington
  1:00 pm
• Winter Solstice Restorative Practice
  Raffa Yoga & Urban Sweat Spa , 19 Sharpe Dr , Cranston
  1:00 pm
• Georgetown Hoyas at Providence College Friars Womens Basketball
  Peterson Recreation Center , Providence
  1:00 pm
• Evening Sky with Tish Adams
  Imago Foundation For The Arts , 36 Market St , Warren
  4:00 pm
• Myrtle: Events
  Myrtle , 134 Waterman Ave , East Providence
  6:00 pm
• Christmas With The Celts
  The Greenwich Odeum , 59 Main St , East Greenwich
  7:00 pm
• The Clam - Holiday Story Night
  The Collaborative , 4 Market St , Warren
  7:00 pm
• Cranston West at Barrington
  220 Lincoln Ave , Barrington
  7:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

West Warwick

• West Warwick middle school student to face charge after bullet discovered in locker room (turnto10.com)

Cranston

• McKee's first thoughts on Brown shooting: 'The unthinkable has just happened' (providencejournal.com)
• Sailing Unveils 2026 Spring Schedule (gocrimson.com)
• Woman to Buy Back Her Mom's Wedding Dress That She Accidentally Donated (blacknews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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