🌱 Tuition Increase + Paving Company Rejected + Waterfire

Good morning, people of Providence! Miranda Fraraccio here with today's Providence Daily.

First, today's weather:

Warm with periods of sun. High: 75 Low: 60.

Here are the top stories today in Providence:

1. Police responded to reports of shots fired on Tuesday night at Julian St. and Amherst St., just off of Atwells Ave. A van nearby was found to have two rounds in the driver's side door and a house on Julian St. had numerous rounds go into the second floor apartment. No injuries were reported and police are currently investigating. (GoLocalProv)
2. Rhode Island College and The Community College of Rhode Island are both looking to raise their tuition amid enrollment declines. On Wednesday night, RIC President Frank Sánchez asked the Rhode Island Council on Post-Secondary Education to allow an increase in tuition of 2.5%, which would cost an additional $264 per in-state student and $598 per out-of-state state student. CCRI wants to raise tuition by 2.2%, which means an additional $100 for in-state students each year and an additional $10 to go toward a “technology fee.” (WPRI.com)
3. Providence police have identified the victim of Oct. 12 Broad St. laundromat homicide as 38-year-old Melvin Ricardo Perez Reyes. (GoLocalProv)
4. The Providence Zoning Board of Review unanimously rejected the paving company, The Narragansett Improvement Co., in their continued use of a leased portside Allens Ave. site for the storage and processing of concrete, stone, aggregate, and asphalt. (ecoRI news)
5. This weekend's Oct. 16 WaterFire will be celebrating local communities of color. (WPRI.com)

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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.