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List of Cooling Centers; Updated July 16, 9 a.m.

The Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency (RIEMA) announces that due to forecasted heat and humidity, the following communities have opened cooling centers: (Note: Additions to this list are indicated by an asterisk.)

Bristol *Rogers Free Library; 525 Hope St.; Tues. – Thurs., 9 a.m. – 8 p.m.; Fri., 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. *Senior Center; 1020 Hope St.; Tues. – Fri.; 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Charlestown Town Hall; 454 S. County Trail; Tues. – Fri., 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Police Station community room; 4901 Old Post Rd.; Tues. – Fri., 7 a.m. – 5 p.m. Senior Center; 100 Park Lane; Tues. – Thurs., 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.; Fri., 8:30 a.m. – noon *Cross Mills Public Library; 4417 Old Post Rd.; Tues., 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.; Wed., 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Thurs., 9 a.m. – 8 p.m., Fri., 1 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Coventry Senior Center; 50 Wood St.; Tues. – Fri., 9 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Cranston Central library branch; 140 Sockanosset Cross Rd.; Tues. and Wed., 9 a.m. – 8 p.m.; Thurs. and Fri., 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Senior Center; 1070 Cranston St.; Tues. – Fri., 8:30 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.

Cumberland Library; 1464 Diamond Hill Rd.; Mon. – Thurs., 9 a.m. – 8 p.m.; Fri., 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

East Greenwich Swift Community Center; 121 Pierce St.; Mon. - Fri., 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Police Department community room; 176 First Ave.; Mon. – Fri., 4:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. *Library; 82 Pierce St. Tues. – Thurs., 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.; Fri., 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

East Providence Weaver Memorial Library; 41 Grove Ave.; Mon. - Thurs., 9 a.m. – 8 p.m.; Fri., 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Riverside Library; 475 Bullocks Pt. Ave.; Mon. - Thurs., 9 a.m. – 8 p.m.; Fri., 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Senior Center; 610 Waterman Ave.; Mon. - Fri., 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Exeter Library; 773 Ten Rod Rd.; Tues. – Thurs., 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.; Fri., 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Foster Library; 184 Howard Hill Rd.; Tues., noon – 8 p.m.; Wed. and Thurs., noon – 8 p.m.; Fri., noon – 6 p.m. Tyler Free Library; 81A Mossup Valley Rd.; Mon., 2 p.m. – 8 p.m.; Wed., 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.; Fri., 1 p.m. m- 5 p.m.

Hopkinton Town Hall Council Chambers; 1 Town House Rd.; Tues. - Fri., 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Police Department community room; 406 Woodville Rd.; Tues. - Fri., 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Jamestown Philomenian Library; 26 North Rd.; Tues. and Wed. 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.; Thurs., noon – 8 p.m.; Fri., 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Johnston *Senior Center; 1291 Hartford Ave.; Tues. – Fri., 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. *Marian Mohr Memorial Library; 1 Memorial Ave.; Tues. – Thurs., 9 a.m. – 8 p.m.; Fri., 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Lincoln *Senior Center; 150 Jenckes Hill Rd.; Tues. – Fri., 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Little Compton *Brownell Library; 44 Commons; Tues., Thurs., Fri., 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Wed., 1 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Middletown *Library; 700 W. Main Rd.; Tues. – Thurs., 9:30 a.m. – 8 p.m.; Fri., 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. *Senior Center; 650 Green End Ave.; Tues. – Fri., 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. *Town Hall; 350 E. Main Rd.; Tues. – Fri., 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Narragansett Maury Loontjens Memorial Library; 35 Kingstown Rd.; Tues. - Thurs., 9:30 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.; Fri., 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Newport Florence Gray Center (lobby); 1 Shimoda Way; Tues. – Fri., 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Donovan Manor; 19 Chapel St.; Tues. – Fri., 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. *Due to air conditioning problems, the library will not be available as a cooling center.

North Kingstown Senior Center; 44 Beach St.; Tues. – Fri., 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Library; Boone St., Tues. – Fri., 8:30 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.

North Providence *Mancini Resource Center; 2 Atlantic Ave.; Tues., Thurs., and Fri., 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Wed., 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.

North Smithfield *Scouter's Hall; Main Street; Call 767-2206 for hours of operation.

Pawtucket Mathieu Senior Center; 420 Main St.; Tues. – Fri., 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Library; 13 Summer St.; Tues. – Thurs., 9 a.m. – 8:45 p.m.; Fri., 9 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. Fogarty Manor community room; 214 Roosevelt Ave.; Tues. – Fri., 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. St. Germain Manor community room; 401 Mineral Spring Ave.; Tues. – Fri., 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. Downtown Visitor Center; 175 Main St.; Tues. – Fri., 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Portsmouth *Portsmouth Multipurpose Center; 110 Bristol Ferry Rd., Tues. - Fri., 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Providence *Federal Hill House; 9 Courtland St.; Tues. – Fri., 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. *Silver Lake Annex Multipurpose Community Center; 529 Plainfield St.; Tues. – Fri., 6:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. *Joslin Community Development Corporation; 231 Amherst St.; Tues. – Fri., 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. *Davinci Center; 470 Charles St.; Tues. – Fri., 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. *West End Community Center; 109 Bucklin St.; Tues. – Fri., 6:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. *The Alliance JCC; 401 Elmgrove Ave.; Tues. – Fri., 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. *Fox Point Library; 90 Ives St.; Tues., 1 p.m. – 8 p.m.; Wed. – Fri., 1 p.m. – 6 p.m. *Mt. Pleasant Library; 315 Academy Ave.; Tues., 1 p.m. – 9 p.m.; Wed., noon – 6 p.m.; Thurs., 9:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Fri., noon – 6 p.m. *Olneyville Library; 1 Olneyville Square; Tues., 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.; Wed., 1 p.m. – 8 p.m.; Thurs. and Fri., 1 p.m. – 6 p.m. *Rochambeau Library; 708 Hope St.; Tues. and Wed., 9:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Thurs., 1 p.m. – 9p.m.; Fri., noon – 6 p.m. *S. Providence Library; 441 Prairie Ave.; Tues., 1 p.m. – 8 p.m.; Wed., 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.; Thurs., Fri., 1 p.m. – 6 p.m. *Wanskuck Library; 233 Veazie St.; Tues. and Wed., 1 p.m. – 6 p.m.; Thurs., 1 p.m. – 8 p.m.; Fri., 1 p.m. – 6 p.m. *Washington Park Library; 1316 Broad St.; Tues., Wed., and Fri., 1 p.m. – 6 p.m.; Thurs., 1 p.m. – 8 p.m. *Selim-Rogers Rec Center pool; 60 Camden Ave,; Tues. – Fri., noon – 5 p.m. *Zuccolo Rec Center pool; 11 Gesler St.; Tues. – Fri., noon – 5 p.m. *Neutaconkanut Rec Center pool; 675 Plainfield St.; Tues. – Fri., noon – 5 p.m. *McGrane Pool (West End Rec Center); 109 Bucklin St.; Tues. – Fri., noon – 5 p.m. *Al Carrington Water Park; 64 Richardson St.; Tues. – Fri., noon – 5 p.m. *Sackett Street Water Park; 110 Sackett St.; Tues. – Fri., noon – 5 p.m. *Harriet & Sayles Water Park; 375 Sayles St.; Tues. – Fri., noon – 5 p.m. *General St. Water Park; 11 West Drive.; Tues. – Fri., noon – 5 p.m. *George West Water Park; 1266 Chalkstone Ave.; Tues. – Fri., noon – 5 p.m. *Fargnoli Water Park; 945 Smith St.; Tues. – Fri., noon – 5 p.m. *Fox Point Water Park; 505 Wickenden St.; Tues. – Fri., noon – 5 p.m. *Neutaconkanut Rec Center Water Park; 675 Plainfield St.; Tues. – Fri., noon – 5 p.m. *Pleasant Street Water Park; 34 Pleasant St.; Tues. – Fri., noon – 5 p.m. *Wallace Street Water Park; Wallace and Cumerfors Streets; Tues. – Fri., noon – 5 p.m.

Scituate North Scituate Library; 606 W. Greenville Rd.; Tues. and Thurs., 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.; Wed., 1 p.m. – 8 p.m.; Fri., 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Smithfield Municipal ice rink; 101 Pleasant View Ave.; Tues. – Fri., 9 a.m. – 11 p.m. Senior Center; William J. Hawkins Trail; Tues. – Fri., 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. The Smithfield EMA Fan Loan Program is available. Call 640-2923 for assistance.

South Kingstown *Peace Dale Library; 1057 Kingstown Rd.; Tues. – Thurs., 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Fri., 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. *Kingston Library; 2605 Kingstown Rd.; Tues., 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Wed., 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.; Thurs., noon – 8 p.m.; Fri., 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. *Hale Library; 2601 Commodore Perry Highway; Tues., 1 p.m. – 8 p.m.; Wed. – Fri., 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. *The Center; 25 St. Dominic Rd.; Tues. – Fri., 7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. *Neighborhood Guild; 325 Columbia St.; Tues. – Fri., 7 a.m. – 9 p.m.

Tiverton *Senior Center; 207 Canonicus Rd.; Tues. – Fri., 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Warren *Senior Center; 20 Libby Lane; Tues. – Fri., 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Warwick *Pilgrim Senior Center; 27 Pilgrim Parkway; Tues. – Fri., 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

West Greenwich Louttit Library; 742 Victory Highway; Tues. – Thurs., 10 ma.m. – 8 p.m.; Fri., 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Woonsocket *Senior Center; 84 Social St.; Tues. – Fri., 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. *Harris Public Library; 303 Clinton St.; Tues. and Fri., 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Wed. and Thurs., 9 a.m. – 9 p.m.

The list of cooling centers will be updated at 9 a.m. on Wednesday.

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