🌱Brown Has Highest Paid RI College President + Bail Policies

Hey, people of Providence! It's me again, Karena Garrity, your host of the Providence Daily.

First, today's weather:

Today will be mostly cloudy and breezy. High: 58 Low: 48.

Here are the top five stories in Providence today:

1. Mayor Jorge Elorza and Commissioner Steven Paré were joined by families of two homicide victims for a press conference about bail policies, held earlier this week. The group spoke about recent Superior Court judgments that allowed violent offenders to be released on bail. (WLNE-TV (ABC6))
2. According to an annual study by the Chronicle of Higher Education, Brown University's president, Christina Paxson, is the highest-paid college president in Rhode Island. (GoLocalProv)
3. Providence police officer Jeann Lugo has filed paperwork with the Rhode Island Board of Elections to mount a Republican run for the state's lieutenant governor. (The Providence Journal)
4. Last May former Providence Superintendent Harrison Peters resigned. Since then, Dr. Javier Montañez, has been the district's acting Superintendent. Impatient for a permanent Superintendent to be hired, parents are putting pressure on the R.I. Department of Education. (WPRI.com)
5. Here's the Providence area real estate round-up. Are you looking for a new place? (Providence Patch)

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Today in Providence:

• Make-It and Take-It Crafternoons! - Providence Community Library (3:00 PM)
• PVD Young Makers: Open Studio - Providence Community Library (3:00 PM)
• Arts & Crafts - Providence Community Library (3:00 PM)
• Kids Science Lab! (Grades K+) - Providence Community Library (4:00 PM)
• Learn ITALIAN: intermediate 1 - Providence Community Library (4:00 PM)
• Friends Book Group - Providence Community Library (4:15 PM)
• Chess Club - Providence Community Library (6:30 PM)
• Queer Umbrella - Providence Community Library (6:30 PM)
• Indoor Seed Starting: A Virtual Workshop (6:30 PM)
• Folded Book Art Workshop - Providence Community Library (7:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• PPAC: Mansfield’s Logan Marks on stage in 'An Officer and a Gentleman, the musical' PPAC. (Wicked Local)
• The Brown Daily Herald: Prof. Martha Sharp Joukowsky, beloved and renowned, dies at 85. (The Brown Daily Herald)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Promenade St: "Please help us find our Furry Family member Oreo. He has been missing for a month. He usually ventures out but always comes back home this is the longest he has been gone. Please share and reach out." (Nextdoor)

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— Karena Garrity

About me: 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.