🌱Brown Graduate Student Arraigned + Providence School Summer Program

Happy Wednesday, Providence! Let's get this day started off right. Here's everything going on in town today.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny, a shower; windy. High: 58 Low: 36.

Here are the top five stories today in Providence:

1. Police were alerted by a teenager who saw an inappropriate Snapchat post with girls and an older man. Officers have said that within a half-hour of the video getting posted, police were able to find Brown University Graduate Student, Jared A. Soltys, 23, of Providence and the victims. Reportedly Soltys was arraigned on charges of statutory rape of a child and procuring liquor for a person under 21 in a Massachusetts court Monday. He was held on a $20,000 bail and ordered to stay away from the victims and out of the towns of Hanson and Bridgewater, Massachusetts. (Providence Patch)
2. Selected from over 5,000 candidates two Cranston students have been named semifinalists for Presidential Scholarship. Among the 620 semifinalists, John Soscia, a graduating senior at Cranston High School West, is one of the semifinalists and the other is Kalliana Marek, a homeschooled student. Congratulations students! (Patch)
3. As part of the new summer program, Providence school students will benefit from expanded hours, new career and technical education (CTE) programs, and integrated learning for multilingual students. The program is free for all students and includes breakfast and lunch. (WPRI.com)
4. See what's been listed in the Providence area in the past week, along with which open houses are being held in the near future. Like what you see?(Providence Patch)
5. Brown University will be offering a new Critical Native American and Indigenous Studies concentration. The concentration will be offered in fall 2022 through the American Studies department. (The Brown Daily Herald)

Today in Providence:

• GED/COMPUTER - Community Libraries of Providence (5:30 PM)
• Sueño - Trinity Repertory Company (7:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• Rhode Island: "The Southeast Light on Block Island is a National Historic Landmark, and the grounds offer fantastic views of the Atlantic Ocean and the Block Island Offshore Wind Farm." (Instagram)
• The Providence Flea: "Set your intentions! Though we’re still three weeks out from our May 13 “Flower Moon” market, our fabulous local vendors from the Flea and @witchesnomne are already hard at work prepping for this special Friday Night Event!" (Instagram)
• Crossroads Rhode Island: "We were thrilled to have Gilbane Building Company in to volunteer this month as our first in-person group of the year! Thank you for your time!" (Facebook)
• Providence Public Library: "We are so grateful to this year's Savor the Story 2022 Tribute Sponsors! Their support has been critical to ensuring that PPL’s programs, resources, and services are accessible to you no matter where you are! Please join us in giving a h..." (Facebook)
• Rhode Island Hospital: "Urology is the field of medicine that deals with the urinary tract in men and women and the reproductive tract in men. Like many areas in health and medicine, urologists (specialists in the field of urology) are working to bust the myths." (Facebook)

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— Karena Garrity

About me: I am a URI graduate and I have been a community reporter for the better part of the past 20 years. I love Providence and I am honored to be a part of Patch.com. You can reach me at; karena.garrity@patch.com.