🌱 PC Professor Receives Grant + Fight On Huxley Street

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

First, today's weather:

Variable clouds; breezy, mild. High: 60 Low: 48.

Here are the 3 top stories in Providence today:

1. A Providence College professor has been awarded the largest federal grant in PC history. Laura Hauerwas, Professor of Education, has been awarded an $11.3 million grant by the U.S. Department of Education for a project titled Testing the Impact of Self-Regulation Strategy Development (SRSD). The Program plans to study and refine the SRSD writing process, with a focus on Social Emotional Learning in their attempts. (WLNE-TV (ABC6))
2. Police broke up a fight involving over 30 people in front of the house where a rapper was murdered. On Saturday night, James Owens — a Providence rapper who performed under the name "Hammer Beanz" — was the victim of a homicide in front of 89 Huxley Street near Providence College, where he was shot and killed. Police were called to the location again on Monday and ordered a crowd of people fighting in the middle of the street to disperse, which police said happened without further incident. (GoLocalProv)
3. A truck crashed into several vehicles and a home on the east side of Providence on Wednesday morning. At the intersection of Gano and Pitman streets, there were at least four vehicles with damage, including a pickup truck near the house, which appears to have caught fire. It’s unclear if anyone was injured or what led to the crash. (WPRI.com)

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• The Rhode Island State Police want to give a big thank you to everyone who has donated to Kids, Cops & Christmas! Tomorrow is the last day to drop toys at the barracks, but you can still donate online. (Instagram)
• Lorna Oinonen of Bristol was named this year's Rhode Island recipient of the AARP Andrus Award for Community Service. (Facebook)

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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.