🌱 DOT Drops Trial Challenge + Man Died From Stabbing

Happy Friday, Providence! Here's everything worth knowing around town today.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny, breezy and warm. High: 72 Low: 47.

Here are the top stories today in Providence:

1. A North Providence man faces a murder charge in connection with a deadly stabbing that took place Wednesday night. Mark Santilli, 59, is accused of killing Torrezz Lumpkins, 29, at a home on Smithfield Road. Ruggiero said officers responded to the home around 7:45 p.m. for a reported disturbance and arrived to find Lumpkins suffering from a severe injury to his neck. (WPRI.com)
2. The Rhode Island Department of Transportation is standing down in its battle against Mayor Jorge Elorza's South Water Street Trail project, putting to an end a weekslong city-state struggle. In a statement Thursday, the DOT said it met with the Federal Highway Administration on the issue, with legal counsel from both agencies present. The back-and-fourth began earlier this month when the DOT, having received a letter from businesses along the street that were upset about the narrowing of the area for vehicular traffic to one lane in favor of the expansion of a bike path. (The Providence Journal)
3. ‘Hocus Pocus 2′ production crew spotted at La Salle Academy in Rhode Island. (MassLive.com)
4. Providence man agrees to stop sending mail-order sweepstakes ads. (The Westerly Sun)
5. Big Blue Bug goes green for Halloween, Comic Con, and a good cause. (The Providence Journal)

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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.