5 Things: Funerals, Storytime & Deployment

1. Funeral services have been scheduled for both Madeline Healey and Michael Ruggieri, who passed away . 

•  funeral will be held Friday at 8:45 a.m. at the Russell J. Boyle & Son Funeral Home, 142 Centerville Road (Rte. 117), Warwick. A Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 10 a.m. at in North Kingstown. Visiting hours will be held from 3 to 8 p.m. at the Boyle Funeral Home.
•  Mass of Christian Burial will take place at St. Bernard's this Saturday at 10 a.m. Her visiting hours are slated for tomorrow at in North Kingstown from 4 to 8 p.m.

2.  The Rhode Island National Guard is holding a deployment ceremony today at 10 a.m. for a small detachment of eight RI soldiers. The Operation Support Aviation Command will be heading to Southeast Asia for nine months, transporting personnel and cargo across the region. The ceremony will be held today at the Army Aviation Support Facility, South Hangar in .

3.  is hosting a starting at 10 a.m.

4.  "Chocolates With Costa" returns this weekend to . Join State Rep. Doreen Costa for everything chocolate (from brownies to cake to chocolate-covered strawberries and more). Cost is $25 per person. Runs from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

5.  Today: rain showers..then snow showers and sleet...all turning to rain after 1 p.m. with highs near 48. Tonight: a chance of showers with clouds and lows around 34. Tomorrow: mostly sunny with highs near 43