🌱Man Arrested & Charged For Stabbing + Homeless Encampment Moves

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

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, according to North Providence Police Chief Alfred Ruggiero. 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 city of Providence wants residents of a homeless encampment to move out by Nov. 1.
   Thursday morning, people living in the Wilson Street encampment received notices to vacate. The city is still trying to figure out where they will go. (WJAR)
3. Gunshot victim describes 'mayhem' during a nightclub shooting in Providence. (WJAR)
4. Festival Ballet Providence marks first live performance in more than a year with 'Continuing Points.' (The Westerly Sun)
5. Brown University appoints Dr. Mukesh Jain as dean of medicine and biological sciences. (The Brown Daily Herald)

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Today in Providence:

• Festival Ballet Providence presents "Continuing Points" (7:30 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.