🌱 Goodbye, Lincoln School Tree + BU Students Improve Air Quality

Rise and shine, Providence! It's Monday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on around town today.

First, today's weather:

Rain; breezy in the afternoon. High: 52 Low: 27.

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Here are the top stories in Providence today:

1. The Lincoln School on Providence's east side is taking down one of its most visible landmarks. For the safety of the campus and the community, Lincoln School's beloved copper beech tree is scheduled to be removed this Wednesday. After years of care and stewardship, the tree finally succumbed to pervasive infestations common to beech trees. (GoLocalProv)
2. Students at Brown University united to take a hands-on, DIY approach to improving air quality at the school. In a Friday event, the School of Public Health taught students how to use four MERV 13 filters and a box fan to quickly and easily assemble an inexpensive device powerful enough to filter out particles carrying the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The air cleaner, also known as a Corsi-Rosenthal cube, is currently in use in classrooms and conference rooms in the School of Public Health to support filtration measures implemented in the early days of the pandemic. (Brown University)
3. A local man has been arrested for robbing the Happy Mart on Eddy St. — twice in one day. (The Providence Journal)
4. A Providence church carries on a 103-year-old parishioner’s wish to help the less fortunate (WPRI.com)
5. The Providence Police Department is now recruiting for the 71st Providence Police Academy. (Press Release Desk)

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Today in Providence:

• Music & Movement Class con Ms. Karen / Clase de Música y Movimiento con Ms. Karen! (11:00 AM)
• PVD Young Makers Grab & Go - Providence Community Library (2:00 PM)
• Wanskuck Creative Writing Club - Providence Community Library (3:30 PM)
• Cool Craft Creations with Artist Cathren Housley (4:00 PM)
• Providence Historic District Commission Regular meeting (4:45 PM)
• MARVEL MOVIE MONDAY-Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (5:00 PM)
• Curso para Primeros Compradores de Vivienda (6:00 PM)
• Teen Makers: Mosaics - Providence Community Library (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.