Daily Briefing: A 6-year-old makes a rare find on Narragansett Beach

ALSO: Why a group from Roger Williams University is taking on the Department of Corrections ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ Advertisement [eNewspaper]( | [Crosswords]( | [Horoscopes]( [Read in browser]( The Daily Briefing YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP Fri Aug 9 2024 Will Richmond | Managing Editor Communities & R.I. [@Will_Richmond]( Good morning, I'm Will Richmond at [The Providence Journal]( and this is the Daily Briefing. Rhode Island's beaches are full of treasures if you're just willing to look. Even now I'll catch my 13-year-old son flipping over rocks in search of crabs and my mom can't wait for the summer to end and the beaches to clear out so she can resume looking for sea glass without crowds. I think they'd both be jealous of what brothers Oliver and Sebastian Martinez of South Kingstown found during a recent trip to Narragansett Beach – a fossilized shark tooth that's likely at least 10,000 years old. [familysharkphoto.jpg] Oliver Martinez, with his mother, Lauren, brother, Sebastian and grandmother Chris Woodbine, shows the fossilized great white shark tooth he discovered on Narragansett Town Beach. 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[The Journal's Jack Perry has the story on Scott Huntley, 34, who died after crashing into a tree during a downhill race at the 2024 Gravity Mountain Bike National Championships at Ride Rock Creek in the community of Zirconia]( • If you drive through the Wickford village of North Kingstown you'll see a pretty jarring sight as steel pilings stick high out of the water. Why are they there? [The Journal's Jonny Williams has the answer along with why at least one business is slightly concerned.]( • We're down to the finals to determine Rhode Island's favorite summer event with Waterfire facing off against the Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals. Who will come out the victor? 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