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Planning Commission Discusses Livestock, Accessory Dwellings

Planning Commission meeting:On the agenda (which you’ll find here) is discussions of two zoning ordinances – accessory dwelling units and keeping chickens and livestock. The meeting takes place at Town Hall at 7:30 p.m.

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Schools Facilities & Planning Subcommittee meeting: The panel meets at 3 p.m. at 100 Fairway Drive, the school administration building. Here’s the agenda.

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Economic Development Advisory Board: On the agenda is a presentation by 4ward Planning, the firm hired to do a market analysis of North Kingstown. Here’s the full agenda.

Screening of “Pink Ribbon Inc.”: Are pink ribbons really about the cure, or about corporate profits? That’s the question asked by the documentary “Pink Ribbons Inc.,” which will be shown at The Hive in the Lafayette Mills Wednesday at 6 p.m. There will be refreshments and conversation. All are welcome. It's free!

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Love Medicine, An Indigenous Perspective: NK Free Library hosts Dawn Dove, Narragansett elder, oral historian, author and educator will moderate a panel of four indigenous representatives who will discuss their perspectives on the themes of Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich and how the themes connect to their communities. The library is partnering with the Tomaquag Museum in presenting this year’s Big Read, Erdrich’s Love Medicine. In November the Thursday Book Group will read and discuss the book. The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

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