J.T. Commons Pizza & Eats will donate 10% of every sale to the Middletown Public Library on Tuesday, Nov. 17, from 4 to 10 p.m., in a fundraiser organized with the Friends of the Middletown Public Library.

The restaurant is at 1037 Aquidneck Ave.

Construction funding for the new library is already secured, according to the Friends. The group is raising money separately to furnish and equip the interior.

The new library is scheduled to open in December.

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