🌱 2020 Water Fluoridation Quality Award + New Teacher Incentives

Get on up, Providence! Let's get you all caught up to start this Saturday, December 4 off on an informed note. Here's what's happening around town today.

First, today's weather:

Periods of sun. High: 44 Low: 29.

Here are the top stories in Providence today:

1. The CDC has awarded certificates to Providence and Cumberland for the 2020 Water Fluoridation Quality Award. The award recognizes those public water systems that adjust the fluoride concentration in drinking water and achieve a monthly average fluoride level that is in the optimal range for 12 consecutive months in a year. For 2020, a total of 1,292 public water systems in 29 states received these awards. (WLNE-TV (ABC6))
2. The Providence Public School District is offering several incentives to hire new teachers. On Friday, The Rhode Island Department of Education said the district will offer bonuses of up $10,000 for middle and high school math, science, special education, and bilingual teachers, as well as speech and language, pathologists, psychologists, and social workers. The district is also offering student loan forgiveness incentives up to $25,000 for teachers of color. (Turn to 10)
3. A former police officer, Ferenc Karoly, was approved by City Council as the new executive director of the Providence External Review Authority, or PERA, the civilian board with oversight over the Providence Police. (WPRI.com)
4. Thursday marked the third night of a growing encampment by homeless advocates outside the Rhode Island State House. (WJAR)
5. PPAC has opportunities for high school students to receive tickets to in-person and virtual shows. (WLNE-TV (ABC6))

Today in Providence:

• Strange Sound Park - Providence Community Library (10:00 AM)
• Newport Seal Tour - Save the Bay Center (11:00 AM)
• Young Musicians Chopin Club Musicale - Music Mansion (2:00 PM)
• A Holiday Celebration at WaterFire - WaterFire (3:30 PM)
• Jiyoon Im Recital - Music Mansion (4:00 PM)
• Waterfire (Basin Lighting) - Providence City Hall (4:15 PM)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander. She works as a freelance copywriter for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and as an assistant producer for a live-lit storytelling show in Chicago. She holds a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies from The University of Rhode Island. In her free time, you can find her traveling, hiking, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.