🌱 Couple Donates Wedding Deposit + Lottery For Dispensaries

Good morning, people of Providence! It's me again, Miranda Fraraccio, your host of the Providence Daily.

First, today's weather:

Breezy with periods of rain. High: 60 Low: 53.

Here are the top stories today in Providence:

1. A couple used their wedding deposit to say thank-you to health care workers at Women and Infants. Bryan Rippee and Alyxandra Rodriquez had been offered a $5,000.00 credit from their catering company, Russell Morin Catering, after they cancelled their wedding due to the pandemic, which was supposed to be June 5, 2021. The couple decided they would use their deposit to have Morin’s cater lunch for the staff at Women and Infants, as a way to thank health care workers for all their hard work and dedication. (WJAR)
2. Rhode Island's Office of Cannabis Regulation ran a lottery to select five medical marijuana dispensaries. State regulators had vetted the applicants and narrowed the field to 23 finalists for the five compassion center licenses that were ultimately chosen Friday like lottery numbers, with a blindfolded staffer picking the winning numbers. The OCR said the winning applicants would receive instructions to complete the licensing process later Friday or early next week and have nine months become fully licensed. (WJAR)
3. On Thursday, Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza cut the ribbon for a controversial South Water Street bike lane. (Press Release Desk)
4. Halloween Friday Flea & Witches' Night Out Market is among the fun things to do this weekend in Providence and local areas. (GoLocalProv)
5. The Holiday Lights Spectacular will be returning to the Roger Williams Park Zoo from Nov. 26-Jan. 2. (WPRI.com)

Today in Providence:

• PVD Fallcomers 5k - Roger Williams Park Conservancy (10:00 AM)
• Outdoor Media Sale - Providence Community Library (11:00 AM)
• Stone Soup Concert - Music Mansion (7:00 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.