🌱 Brown Requires Boosted Students & Staff + Manton Ave Shooting

Welcome back, Providence! Let's get you started this Wednesday with everything you need to know going on around Providence today.

First, today's weather:

Some sun, then clouds. High: 45 Low: 42.

Here are the top stories today in Providence:

1. Brown University is requiring all students and faculty to get a COVID-19 booster shot before the start of the spring semester, the school announced on Tuesday. The university sent a message to all members of their community letting them know that they must receive a COVID booster shot no later than January 26, or 30 days within becoming eligible for the booster dose. Also, in order to reduce academic disruption and health risks, they will be requiring all students to take a COVID-19 test two days before returning to campus. (WLNE-TV (ABC6))
2. An investigation is underway after a 20-year-old man was shot in Providence Monday evening, according to Providence Police Commander Thomas Verdi. The incident occurred inside an apartment on Manton Avenue around 6:15 p.m. Verdi said the victim was rushed to Rhode Island Hospital in critical condition. (WPRI.com)
3. A Cranston man was arrested after he stole a delivery truck that was parked outside a Providence liquor store Monday afternoon, according to Providence Police Commander Thomas Verdi. Verdi said 44-year-old Jeremy Fellela hopped into the driver’s seat of the truck, which was delivering what appeared to be bottles and kegs of beer to A to Z Liquors on Douglas Avenue, and started driving away. (WPRI.com)

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• Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission (4:45 PM)
• PreK Virtual Partners in Education (PIE) Meeting (6:00 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.