Homelessness Crisis + Mayor Elorza Not Running For Governor

Up and at 'em, Providence! It's Thursday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on today in town.

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First, today's weather:

Rain until evening. High: 70 Low: 67.

Here are the top stories in Providence today:

1. Angered by Providence City Council's social media post, advocates are urging the state to address its homelessness crisis. Many gathered underneath the Route 146 overpass on Branch Avenue Wednesday to express their frustrations with the recent cleanup of a homeless encampment. Demonstrators argue that not everything under the overpass was trash and more needs to be done to help the city’s homeless population. (WPRI.com)
2. Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza has announced he won't be running for governor in 2022. The announcement comes after Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea and General Treasurer Seth Magaziner both officially declared their candidacies for governor. Recently, the mayor has come under fire his handling of crime in Providence, and for naming the city’s Recreation Director Michael Stephens to the role of Major in the Providence Police Department. (GoLocalProv)
3. A suspect in a deadly Providence shooting on Aug. 28 has been captured in Seekonk. (WPRI.com)
4. Pat's Italian is bringing a new takeout option to Providence with community commercial kitchen space, Bath Food Co. (Rhode Island Monthly)
5. Officials are looking to expand the North Providence Village Festival in Centredale after a successful first event. (Valley Breeze)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About the author: 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 is an alum of The University of Rhode Island, where she received a BA 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.