🌱 Call For Climate Action, Heating Help: East Providence Daily

Morning, neighbors! Welcome to this morning's edition of the Eat Providence Daily.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and breezy. High: 61 Low: 53.

Here are the top stories in East Providence today:

1. Providence police, 'very concerned' about Revel Lounge, push for closure (The Providence Journal)
2. Food and Drink Biz Pitch Competition to Take Place at Hope and Main Tuesday Evening (Rhode Island Monthly)
3. Sisters of Mercy at Bay View Academy demanding action on climate change (Uprise RI)
4. Comedian Ali Wong to perform in Providence Nov. 12 (The Boston Globe)
5. R.I. Senator Reed and Maine Senator Collins ask for funding to help people pay heating bills (The Boston Globe)

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Today in East Providence:

• Underclass/Staff Pictures - East Providence High School (8:00 AM)
• College Fair - East Providence High School (10:20 AM)
• Myron J. Francis SIT Meeting - East Providence School District (3:15 PM)

East Providence Patch Notebook

• East Providence Public Library: "Paper shredding event is Saturday!" (Facebook)

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— Rachel Nunes

About me: Rachel is a lifelong Rhode Islander with a soft spot for the ocean and baby animals. She graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 2017 with degrees in Journalism, Political Science and French. She worked at several news outlets in Rhode Island before coming to Patch in January 2019. She loves exploring all of Rhode Island's many food offerings, biking and traveling to warm places. Rachel covers Cranston, Coventry, Newport, Portsmouth, Narragansett-South Kingstown, Bristol-Warren and Tiverton-Little Compton. Have a story idea? Email: rachel.nunes@patch.com