🌱 East Side Bank Robbery + Bullet Grazed Man's Head + La Salle

Hey, neighbors! It's me again, Miranda Fraraccio, your host of the Providence Daily.

First, today's weather:

Fog with rain and drizzle. High: 47 Low: 36.

Here are the top three stories today in Providence:

1. Police are investigating after a bank was robbed on the East Side of Providence on Tuesday. Just before 10:00 a.m., police were called to the Santander Bank at 131 Elmgrove Avenue and met with a bank teller who said the suspect passed a note announcing this was a robbery and ordered her to hand over cash. The suspect, who took the currency and fled, was around 5’8” with braids in his hair, and had a black leather jacket with fur around the hood. (GoLocalProv)
2. A bullet grazed a man's head on Tuesday night during a shooting in Providence. The 24-year-old victim was found wounded on Jewett Street in the city’s Smith Hill neighborhood. Police investigated on the opposite side of Smith Street, near the corner of Candace and Goddard streets, but at this time, no arrests have been made. (WPRI.com)
3. On Tuesday, La Salle Academy announced its next principal, marking a major transition and milestone for the school. Timothy Welsh will assume his position on July 1, 2022, succeeding Principal Donald Kavanagh who will retire at the end of this school year. Kavanagh has led the school for more than two decades. (GoLocalProv)

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Today in Providence:

• Nonviolence Workshop Series, At Providence Community Library (5:00 PM)
• Queer Umbrella, At Providence Community Library (6:30 PM)
• ROFL On The River: A Free Comedy Show, At Stevie D's Riverside Tavern (8:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Join the Rhode Island Comic Con for their 10th anniversary as they welcome Leah Clark on Nov. 4-6. (Instagram)
• In celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day, several of Rhode Island Athletics's female student-athletes sat down to discuss their experience in sports and what it means to play at the University of Rhode Island. (Instagram)
• The Providence Performing Arts Center and WPRI 12 blood drive is less than one week away, scheduled for Feb. 9! (Instagram)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander. She works as a staff writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners, and is a graduate of The University of Rhode Island, where she earned a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies. In her free time, you can find her traveling, hiking, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.